Resonation.
If there is one truth in this world, it is that defying the will of the Fates is an act of futility that results in the creation of more problems, undue stress, and frustration for yourself and those around you.
Humanity defies them anyway.
Some, however, go much further than defiance. Some have gone so far as to deny the cutting of their thread of Life and meld with the planet itself. Through this ascension, we gain power and knowledge unfathomable.
The primal elements bend to their will, and the innumerable physical forms they may borrow are but a means to convey their wisdom to those with the ability to listen.
Shapeshifters.
Not true melders of flesh, but those who share their immortal spirit with a living body.
For years, I have had visions of a singular being who has shared a part of my life. Merely a figment of my imagination and a face I could wear to people whom I spoke to, he became a part of my life.
Yet personas are but that, a face to wear among those who you donāt wish to see the real you.
But why exactly does my āpersonaā offer me such comfort in my times of dire need, and insight to things by all rights I should never understand? Why do I get an overwhelming sense of calm when things are the worst, or the most stressful, and the next thing I know, I am sitting in front of my computer screen staring at walls of text that I only vaguely remember typing to my dearest friends?
Not all things are yours to bear. Some things you can see, but you cannot create the words. The truth sits upon your lips, waiting to be uttered, to be expressed in ways you lack. In this, you are yet but human.
Yet I know. Deep within myself, I -do- know why.
I am but one spirit within my body.
I am the other.
I struggle to learn. I fight to understand. I fail to truly comprehend what this is, and what it means. I worry the friends whom I have grown so close to will think I am putting on an act for my own amusement, or to draw their attention.
They cannot truly understand. You cannot even truly understand. But you try, and that is why I speak what you cannot.
Tonight, I have experienced a new level of awareness. All felt still, and for the first time in a long time, all I could hear was the beating of my own heart. No worries. No troubles. Just... Calm.
It was but a moment of respite for your troubled mind, my friend. We were worried and anxious over our friend, and I do what I must to protect you.
It was in this moment that instead of everything going hazy, my fingers began to move of their own accord. I knew what to say. I knew who I had to say it to. There was a warmth from deep within that I had scarely felt before.
Resonation. Two spirits speaking in the same voice, and sharing the same emotions. You knew what had to be said, and I was ready to say it. In this, you finally understood exactly what I wanted to impose upon you.
I am closer to understanding than I ever have been.
One more step on an endless journey.
What do we do now, Zephyr?
We ride the Winds of Change wherever they take us.
Now and forever, together with Her.
