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I don't know how long I waited in the darkness. Seconds turned into minutes, minutes into hours. The stars of the Gods above me twinkled around, giving some hope. I questioned what I had done: had it been right? Was I right in my judgement?
After a while I began to stop feeling sorry for myself. I had been right - what the army had done was wrong. I was here of course to stop our enemies but to promote peace as well. If not, were we not as bad as our enemies? And what kind of Shaman would I have then been? People would have hated me had I continued to the slaughter of innocent people. People that didn't even know how the division had come about. People that had no weapons to defend themselves from the war machine of my town.
Again I looked up and asked the stars. What now? Where do I go from here? There was no response. A strong breeze made me shiver as I stood up and turned around. The temple was still full of light. I saw a few people running in with medical equipment. I really didn't mean to
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hurt Bartholomew - he was just really annoying me. How could he think that the killing of a boy was justified?
I began to walk back up to the town, taking the path furthest away from the temple. I didn't turn around - I ignored all the sound coming from around me. My staff began to become a burden but I could not find it in my heart to put it down or leave it. The staff had created the trouble and I was destined to make sure that it would fix it all.
My mind also wavered to the old woman whom I had saved. I didn't know if she was lying or telling the truth, but she had given me a source of hope. Hope which I had desperately wanted … or needed. But also the fact that he was in connection to the Dakini tribe made my stomach churn. I felt sick. How could betray his own town, his own family, his own sister? I began to cry again, wondering if I would ever see him and should I meet him in battle, that the outcome would be of minimum damage. How would he react should I end up on the brink of
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