Before she even realized it, Susan went far.... so far and so high... above the canopy to stand upon a branch seemingly in the sky. She felt the wind on her face... had to spread her arms open and close her eyes, as her hair was swept by the cold, fresh breeze... and then open her eyes again to stare at the planets... the two suns, the vast, intense blue sky.
However, soon she feels the danger... and even such a thrill is pushed back at the promise of danger. Susan turns back, moving back on a branch, light, so light! on her feet as the lion revealed himself.
For a moment, there was uncertainty in her mind... blade or necklace? Dark or light? Instincts battled mind... until finally she took a deep breath and smiled, a hand going up to her heart... and to grasp the necklace in it. Better put her wits to use and a cool head.
"Indeed, I don't! Though I'd wish it wasn't quite so obvious... though perhaps it will serve me well. Then again, I wonder in which way that I don't belong here you mean? In this world? For if so I was brought here, invited to come. If there is fault to be on my presence on that account I'd take it on with the one who brought me here. Perhaps you mean this tree? Unfortunately, if I did ill in that instance it was born out of either ignorance. Best way to punish it is to destroy the ignorance itself, namely by telling me what I did wrong and thus I'd be ignorant no more and such mistake will never be done again. Then again I didn't actually mean to get this far up into the tree... but then I got to blame the wonderfulness of the view, the magnificence of the tree and the richness of this blue sky for pushing me ever upwards... a little bit my weakness for not being able to resist its allure. Or perhaps this is your domain and you care not for visitors, I interrupted your peace? In that case it will be far faster for me to leave than to force me out... far less troublesome too. If this tree is marked for nobody to come in scent, my nose is not keen enough to catch such a message yet... in which case, perhaps you'd like me to make another mark sure to ward ignorant climbers away? I can carve it in three different tongues for you at no cost, more than what I have gotten by the beauty of this view" says Susan, smiling all the while... her hair flowing with the breeze as she even dares point upward, stretch her arms wide and signal the sky when talking about the magnificent view.
"Thus... will you please tell me, Sir, what did I do wrong?"
However, soon she feels the danger... and even such a thrill is pushed back at the promise of danger. Susan turns back, moving back on a branch, light, so light! on her feet as the lion revealed himself.
For a moment, there was uncertainty in her mind... blade or necklace? Dark or light? Instincts battled mind... until finally she took a deep breath and smiled, a hand going up to her heart... and to grasp the necklace in it. Better put her wits to use and a cool head.
"Indeed, I don't! Though I'd wish it wasn't quite so obvious... though perhaps it will serve me well. Then again, I wonder in which way that I don't belong here you mean? In this world? For if so I was brought here, invited to come. If there is fault to be on my presence on that account I'd take it on with the one who brought me here. Perhaps you mean this tree? Unfortunately, if I did ill in that instance it was born out of either ignorance. Best way to punish it is to destroy the ignorance itself, namely by telling me what I did wrong and thus I'd be ignorant no more and such mistake will never be done again. Then again I didn't actually mean to get this far up into the tree... but then I got to blame the wonderfulness of the view, the magnificence of the tree and the richness of this blue sky for pushing me ever upwards... a little bit my weakness for not being able to resist its allure. Or perhaps this is your domain and you care not for visitors, I interrupted your peace? In that case it will be far faster for me to leave than to force me out... far less troublesome too. If this tree is marked for nobody to come in scent, my nose is not keen enough to catch such a message yet... in which case, perhaps you'd like me to make another mark sure to ward ignorant climbers away? I can carve it in three different tongues for you at no cost, more than what I have gotten by the beauty of this view" says Susan, smiling all the while... her hair flowing with the breeze as she even dares point upward, stretch her arms wide and signal the sky when talking about the magnificent view.
"Thus... will you please tell me, Sir, what did I do wrong?"