Walks All Paths: 1/26/97 (11/4/96)
Contemplation
Great Owl, Totem in my heart Hear my questions, help your child I beg
Great Owl, watcher at night I seek your guidance and warmth Great hunter, deliver me to light I need your wisdom and truth
My ward has returned, safe but weary. My companions and I caused this great storm that threatens to drown us all. But it was necessary to release Great Coyote from his prison. But my ward, though in truth she is more like a daughter to me, exercised her gift of incredible power, and has stopped the rain. This is bad. Without rain, Gaia cannot flourish, and the Apocalypse will but arrive faster. I think that she has Coyote's ear, and that he may be aiding her. If so, can this be undone? Will he help us restore the balance? Please answer me this, for she knows not how she does such things, and there are few Nuwisha around to ask for help.
I must find these answers, for only then can I begin my recovery. I must regain my name. What good is a Garou who has a scorned name? None, I might as well be Ronin. But such will not happen. I must be allowed to make what I can of this situation, to help these people find their way, and to return to challenge for my name. But to do so I must find and impress local Garou who can speak out for me. With the voice of honor on my side, the Bastards of Fenris cannot maintain their claim. Great Owl, in this I seek only one boon, look over Owl's Sight that his wisdom and memory might aid us both. But if he is no more, allow me to remove that which has harmed your child.
I tire of my existence outside all that I have known. As a Silent Strider, I have become used to living and traveling alone. But at least the Striders are accepted for our role as the advance scouts of the Garou. I am not even that, and the loss of connection is weakening me. The only good side to this is that I have met these - Mages - with whom I have learned much; and perhaps I can return to the Garou nation with more allies against the Wyrm than when I left.
Great Owl, I thank you for your time. Great Owl, I thank you for your aid. Great Owl, I will always be your child. Great Owl, I will always sing your praise.
Tom Brady <tabrady@mindspring.com>
Last modified: Fri March 7 15:10:00 1997 by tabrady