OrbSoul (Book 6)

by Martin Ash

  And when she had done she rose heavily and stiffly, and moved away from the Well to join her companion, a man far older than she, who waited nearby.

  'I see nothing now,' Arene said.

  'Nothing?' her companion asked.

  'Only that, whatever we witnessed before, which sent me forth into Enchantment's Reach, was less than we should have known. We did not see it, not all of it. All the strands; the second Child. We did not see. We should learn a valuable lesson here, I think. The Well reveals, but it does so almost with an intention of concealing. As though many futures send their energies to meet us here, and yet our choices remain almost infinite. Even as Witnesses of the Unfolding we can never know all there is to know. Like any other, we can but choose to follow a particular path, in the hope that it is the right one, that it will lead us to a future we would desire.' Arene turned a final glance to the Well of Immaculate Vision. Her thoughts flew back vividly to that day beside the pool, when she had tried to kill Moscul, believing him to be the Legendary Child, and had been thwarted by the sudden appearance of Shenwolf. If I had slain him then as I intended, she thought to herself, what would have been achieved? The effect would have been the opposite of that which we desired. All would have been lost.

  Why? Why? What does this mean? It is as though we are moved by forces of which we know absolutely nothing. And were we to know of them, I fear we would be incapable of understanding.

  She shifted and made to move away, shaking her old head, saying, 'All is Mystery, still, and always will be, so I must accept. That is the natural form, for as far as we mere mortals are concerned. Aah, but it is over, now. The tale of which we became a part. We played out our roles. It is done.'

  'Can you be so sure?' the old man asked.

  Arene hesitated. 'I can be sure of nothing - except that we live and we die. But Enchantment's Reach is saved, that much we know. The Child is gone, the enemies defeated - at least for this time. And the Union of god and humankind has been established. But who can say what it will mean? And who, truly, can predict what the future has in store? But yes, as far as we can say, it is done. The future is another story, waiting to unfold. For now there is nothing left to be told.'

  END

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