Practice Practice Practice

[Akirapryde]

Duncan gazed back through time and space and saw how throughout their adventures, this group faced overwhelming odds. It appeared that before the traitors were removed from the High Council, they had plotted to murder this band of adventures. But in that, Duncan realized something. It wasn’t the members themselves. It was Abeloth using them to hurt this group.

He saw the actions of Abeloth and the death and suffering that she caused once she was free. But it was then he realized that this, this scene was in the past. He could see the threads of time around him. More than that, he could see how these threads had been carefully worked. Not over months or even years. But how Lysire carefully constructed this moment millennia’s ago.

“We can only do what we can to protect those we favor,” she said turning to Duncan. “This is our first lesson. You must see the fabric of the universe. The more you pull one strand, it will at one point spring back. The further it travels, the most suffering it will cause.” She turned back to the group of three, “By setting Abeloth free, she did what we expected her to do. She went after those who opposed her.” She turned back to Duncan, “this was why we kept you from this battle.”

She once more turned back to them, “when you replace us, you will have to learn to let go of the moment. Learn to work carefully in both the past and the future.” She motioned to the two sisters, “the son will oppose you as you move your pieces along the timeline. But with careful actions, you will learn how to correct such problems.”

She let out a sigh, “you will have to learn to let go of all that you know and hold dear. That being that you once were will die. For your friends, and even your brother, you will be gone. Should you decide to return, they will not see you for who you were. Just as our friends don’t see us as what we were before our death.”