I assume you know what a saint is. The day of their death, and therefore the day that they attained their sainthood, is their feast day. In this matter, feast implies rites. The Church would prefer one to show devotion to a saint martyred on the same day as one's birth.
Wraeththu. I left home at fifteen and was turned from human to hara. It's like... an evolution of humanity. Not so different, but it's how I can heal and do various other things. Magic, they call it, but really it's just that we can manipulate energy to our will.
What if there is no saint martyred the day you were born?
It... I was willing up until it was too late not to be. There was no going back. But if I'd known what I was in for, I wouldn't have been. Does that answer your question? It's not to be taken lightly, if I ever incepted a human I'd make sure they knew everything.
I am sorry for your sake then, and I beg your pardon for waking bad memories. But you imply that you are capable of turning others? To be clear, I ask only because the idea is novel.
There is at least one for every day on the calendar. A few hundred martyrs is not so many when one considers that the Church has a history spanning over a thousand years.
It's alright, I don't regret it by any means. And eventually I will be. Right now I'm not powerful enough... we rank our strength in a caste system and only those of the highest group can incept others. Kaimana, Ulani, Nahir-Nuri. I'm a first level Ulani, a rank called Acantha, although they wanted to advance me further.
You're right, that's not so many. I didn't think of it that way.
I wouldn't do so to anyone not from my world, anyway, even if they wanted it. We wither and die without our kind. I'd imagine it's only by some will of these gods that I didn't go mad on my own for so long.
Advancement doesn't happen without practicing your abilities. You don't just wake up hara and know how to heal, for example. It takes time to learn how to channel energy to do what you want it to. Weeks of staring at a candle before I was able to light it. At a glass before I was able to move it.
There are four of us now. My chesna, and my best friend and his. You should come by and meet them some time, if you can spare it. Flick is an excellent cook.
Certainly. I am not so busy that I cannot. Especially for one recommended thus. Maketh and I share an apartment, yet we are both shamefully poor at cooking.
Lovers, you could say, but it's more than that. Before I came here we were inseparable for years.
I'm sure he'd teach you a bit, if you like -- some of it is just experience but there's technique as well. Especially here where food is so... strange.
...thank you. It's never been put that way but I guess he does make me feel like I can survive anything this place throws at us. I had been getting a bit fatalistic, with losing people.
Not strange, exactly. I like the way you speak, even if it's different.
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I assume you know what a saint is. The day of their death, and therefore the day that they attained their sainthood, is their feast day. In this matter, feast implies rites. The Church would prefer one to show devotion to a saint martyred on the same day as one's birth.
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What if there is no saint martyred the day you were born?
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That is not an issue.
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You choose the one closest, then?
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There is at least one for every day on the calendar. A few hundred martyrs is not so many when one considers that the Church has a history spanning over a thousand years.
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You're right, that's not so many. I didn't think of it that way.
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Advancement doesn't happen without practicing your abilities. You don't just wake up hara and know how to heal, for example. It takes time to learn how to channel energy to do what you want it to. Weeks of staring at a candle before I was able to light it. At a glass before I was able to move it.
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Like any other skill. I see.
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Certainly. I am not so busy that I cannot. Especially for one recommended thus. Maketh and I share an apartment, yet we are both shamefully poor at cooking.
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I'm sure he'd teach you a bit, if you like -- some of it is just experience but there's technique as well. Especially here where food is so... strange.
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I would. Verily, you and your cookery brethren are godsent.
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Cookery brethren? You have such a way with words, Henry.
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Seem they strange to you? I am aware that none speak quite as I do, whether by place or by time.
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Not strange, exactly. I like the way you speak, even if it's different.