08-08-2013, 05:36 AM
It occured to Jon that perhaps he had been wrong about his first impression that this woman was either lost or unknowing of her entrance into the Spirit World. No, there was a familiarity of sorts, though he couldn't describe it. He realized at times her presence seemed almost insubstantial, as if her physical self - or, in this place, more accurately her spiritual projection of herself - was about to dissolve away. Yet her presence persisted, unlike those who just brushed the Spirit World in their sleep or failed to maintain the discipline to keep themselves grounded enough to remain.
That curious look in her eyes...the way she had dismissed her Apparent inability to remember her name, if she wasn't just making that up to avoid telling him...John wondered if he was seeing with someone whose very thought processes were completely alien to him.
Had the prospect of having a guide here really intrigued this woman, or was Jon reading her wrong? Was this his reason for being brought here to find her?
He regarded the woman. "As I said before, it is a known thing of my people to walk the Spirit World. To learn control over oneself enough to stay conscious in this place that is a reflection of the waking world, to see into the dreams of others, and To move about and even change things with a thought -" he concentrated, and a large, gray coyote Appeared momentarily before vanishing - "my people teach the first step is to acquire a spirit guide. When available it is often best for it to be a real person who is already accomplished at walking here, but it does not have to be."
Jon frowned. "I do need to have some name to address you by, though. It won't do to just say Hey You all the time." He paused. "Allow me to call you Nimeda. It means Girl who dances at night and draws pictures in the stars."
That wasn't exactly what the name meant, but Jon kept that bit to himself.
That curious look in her eyes...the way she had dismissed her Apparent inability to remember her name, if she wasn't just making that up to avoid telling him...John wondered if he was seeing with someone whose very thought processes were completely alien to him.
Had the prospect of having a guide here really intrigued this woman, or was Jon reading her wrong? Was this his reason for being brought here to find her?
He regarded the woman. "As I said before, it is a known thing of my people to walk the Spirit World. To learn control over oneself enough to stay conscious in this place that is a reflection of the waking world, to see into the dreams of others, and To move about and even change things with a thought -" he concentrated, and a large, gray coyote Appeared momentarily before vanishing - "my people teach the first step is to acquire a spirit guide. When available it is often best for it to be a real person who is already accomplished at walking here, but it does not have to be."
Jon frowned. "I do need to have some name to address you by, though. It won't do to just say Hey You all the time." He paused. "Allow me to call you Nimeda. It means Girl who dances at night and draws pictures in the stars."
That wasn't exactly what the name meant, but Jon kept that bit to himself.