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 Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:49 pm
Selene pondered for a moment. "No, I haven't. And yes, it's foolish- very foolish." she was confused. It was illogical. She tried to look at things logically (though in a few rare exceptions she'd just failed. Miserably.) "I don't understand how the kalona are superior. They have sharp teeth and horns? They can fly? There are several types of winged soquili. There are several types of soquili with horns!" she looked to him for his reasoning, wanting to see it from the point of view of a kalona.
"And if we are family, can't I help you deal with them?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:31 pm
Calamity sighed, wishing not to have to delve into the subject. But if her curiousity and concern desired it, he'd not deny the explanation. But how to convey group pride to one who was raised without the constraints of traditional family and race?
"It is difficult, Selene. But think of it this way: the two leggers give different value to different stones. Some they keep, and some they don't. What distinguishes the rocks they cherish is how beautiful and rare they are. It is the same with the kalona. Our value is determined by our unique qualities and our rarity."
He felt he hadn't quite done the explanation justice. "Selene, look at yourself. There are very few like you. You are special, and very rare. Like the kalona. And for better or for worse, it sets you apart from all the regular soquili around you. It is something to be proud of, child."
He nodded and looked away into the horizon. "This is the pride of the kalona that is so commonly misjudged by those who cannot understand it."
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:48 pm
Selene tilted her head, pondering the explanation. Finally she nodded. "But Calamity, Soquili are not rocks, nor two-leggers. Why should we judge ourselves based on that? It is good that each tribe celebrate their individuality, but to the point that they let themselves be shunned by what is truly... their own kind? Are not all Soquili fundamentally the same? All rocks are, they are hard, they come from the earth, they share so many basic properties. All Soquili are born of two parents, they require sustenance, air, a safe place to sleep."
She chewed on her lip. "I am not saying that the kalona are wrong. I may find them silly, on some level. But I can understand the sense of pride. I have never been honored enough to see another like me, though I have heard there are others. I would want to be with them. I do take pride in my differences, but... what about our similarities?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:00 pm
"Our similarities...they," he sighed, supressing the vicious smirk, "they are only reasons the inferior soquili are not hunter regularly for their flesh as the other animals are."
He lowered his head, wondering whether or not to share the deepest secret of his kind. Many knew, human and soquili alike, but most regarded the kalona's secret hunger for souls as nothing more than rumors and fairy-tales. It was, in Calamity's opinion, a revelation for another day.
"It is fine for you not to truly understand or condone my kind's way of thinking. In fact, it might bode better for you if you didn't. Tolerance and unity in a soul make for better relations among herds. And it is a lonely life when you see yourself as diamond among stones. But it simply cannot be helped that I feel this way."
He turned to face his little Selene. "And because of what you are, I hold you in the same regard. You are not like them...you are different than everyone else. And I cherish you more for it."
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:09 pm
Selene nosed at him. "Thank you." she said softly. She didn't ask anymore questions, she would absorb what he had said to her this day, and start drawing conclusions later.
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