::Owls to A and Kusuriyuri from Kurama::
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Owl to A
A,
I believe it is time for us to consider the lessons I spoke to you about.
Please meet me in the mangosteen grove as soon as you are available.
-Kurama
Attached is a magnolia flower, the meaning of which is "newness, and a love for nature."
Owl to Kusuriyuri
Kusuriyuri,
I have invited A to the first lesson, I would appreciate your company and insight. We are meeting in the mangosteen grove, please come at your leisure.
-Kurama
Attached is a white chrysanthemum, the meaning of which is "truth."
A,
I believe it is time for us to consider the lessons I spoke to you about.
Please meet me in the mangosteen grove as soon as you are available.
-Kurama
Attached is a magnolia flower, the meaning of which is "newness, and a love for nature."
Owl to Kusuriyuri
Kusuriyuri,
I have invited A to the first lesson, I would appreciate your company and insight. We are meeting in the mangosteen grove, please come at your leisure.
-Kurama
Attached is a white chrysanthemum, the meaning of which is "truth."
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Date: 2008-07-27 02:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-27 03:01 am (UTC)"I know you will work hard, A. I know that you respect the plants, and that is why I want to teach you. We will begin your first lesson now."
He reached for a seed - sunflower, easily identifiable, and offered it to A.
"I want you to hold this in your palm as I speak to you, as you would hold a bird's egg. Be very gentle with it, and do not flinch."
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Date: 2008-07-27 03:07 am (UTC)Seeds had so much potential, in such a small space.
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Date: 2008-07-27 03:14 am (UTC)"A seed is more than just the fetal stage of a plant. It is a representation of all the forces of nature, in its temperance and life. You transfer a tiny part of yourself to every seed you cultivate, every plant you care for. I wish to teach you now how to give it more, how to make it grow and answer you." He looked seriously into A's eyes, pressing the next point.
"Answer, listen, but never obey. You must give to them what they need to hear you, guide them to answer you, but never expect them to obey you. They are stronger, infinitely, than you will ever be."
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Date: 2008-07-27 03:23 am (UTC)"Before it is anything else, the seed is a seed, and it will always be what its nature tells it to be."
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Date: 2008-07-27 05:21 am (UTC)He sat back, picking up a seed of his own, making a bed of dirt in his palm, and pressing the seed gently to the soil.
"Now, you have already gone past the very beginner's stages. You aid the growth of your plants with your energy, that much is obvious. Elsewise your garden wouldn't be as far along as it is," he motioned to the seed in A's palm. "Imagine you've just planted it. That you've just dropped it into the right soil, given it the care it needs. What do you think when you do that, how do you feel?"
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Date: 2008-07-27 05:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-27 05:43 am (UTC)"Imagine what it would look like when it blooms," he urged. "Encourage it to grow strong and beautiful."
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Date: 2008-07-27 05:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-27 05:57 am (UTC)The threads were stronger now, a good lesson so far.
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Date: 2008-07-27 06:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-27 06:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-27 03:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-27 03:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-27 05:10 pm (UTC)"Here, have a visual."
He urged his own seed into a shoot, the tiny stem bursting from the seed, part of the shell stuck to it like a cap.
"If you can get that far, we'll call it your first success."
He glanced over to Kusuriyuri and smiled just a little. I'll need your help on this, he thought. He's stronger than I thought.
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Date: 2008-07-27 05:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-27 08:52 pm (UTC)There are channels in him that shouldn't be open, or have been re-routed. Reiki? Something Kusuriyuri did?
But, he smiled. That would have to wait.
"Excellent job, A. I wouldn't have expected you to get this far so quickly. Would you like to see how far you can take it, or would you like to rest for the day?"
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Date: 2008-07-27 09:09 pm (UTC)"I think, I, I think I would like to see it grow, see it do the rest of its growing at its own pace."
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Date: 2008-07-27 09:12 pm (UTC)"Set the seed in the pot, we can replant it with some others after we're finished," he smiled a little. "Would you like to see a mature sunflower, so you know what to look forward to?"
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Date: 2008-07-27 09:16 pm (UTC)"I would," he told Kurama softly. "I have only seen sunflowers in photographs."
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Date: 2008-07-27 09:22 pm (UTC)He smiled.
"Sunflower."
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Date: 2008-07-27 09:33 pm (UTC)"But will it live as long?"
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Date: 2008-07-27 09:42 pm (UTC)"It will. The energy I gave it is the same as a few weeks of sunlight, water and soil. If I need to, I can grow a seed to maturity with nothing but my own will and its cooperation. With practice, I believe you'd be able to do the same, should you wish it. And the energy stays with it, forever. cut the bloom from the plant, and it'll survive twice as long in a glass of water than a completely un-tampered with flower, without you having to give it anything else. With a little boost now and then, a bloom could survive in a vase for years, though that seems like it would be a little crueler than letting it return to seed and grow again."
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Date: 2008-07-27 09:53 pm (UTC)A ripe fruit seemed like a better gift, to A, than a bouquet.
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Date: 2008-07-27 10:34 pm (UTC)"I'll let this one grow up with yours, it's unfair to have one ahead of the other," he said with a little laugh, placing it in the pot next to A's.
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