Role

Chapter 2

Hello again children. Today we come to one of the big highlights in Erendinia's
story. Can anyone guess what it is? "ME!" "ME!" ME!" Now now, children, don't
all shout at once. Ok, you go ahead, Sysellenar, what do you think I'm talking about?
"I think it's the day the Jaguar goddess marked her with her mark!" That's right, well
done. But now the harder question: can you tell me why that was so important to her?
"I can, I can!" Ok, go ahead. "Well, she saw it as both a reward, and also a challenge.
She'd always tried to live as a hunter, with purity, and this gave her reason to
believe she wasn't too far off that. But at the same time to be marked for all
to see means she has to live up to an even greater standard. Maran, AND Jaguar!"
That's right. And we know from stories we've heard from others who lived with her
that this was the turningpoint, where she fully understood that she could not live
alone, even in her heart, and that the only way to truly serve the light is to take
responsibility for others, just as they will sometimes take responsbility for her.
Her distrust of those that murder goodly souls, like the outlanders and the nexuns,
has grown over time, as she watches their lives, lives she sees as distressingly impure
and at times even wicked. This occuppies a good bit of her thought, children, and it's
something we all must think about, even in our times. Judging others is a diffuclt
thing and usually shouldn't be done. But sometimes it must be done. So you
must always be careful. Erendinia walked that thin line. Perhaps later we can
discuss if you thought she did it or fell over!