He... pulled it off. I have no idea what he said, or how he did it, or what happened in there. All I know is that he did it. He convinced the knights he met with that I was ready to take the oath again.
*She sounds completely floored by the news, even as she says it. Her voice is at once hopeful and full of disbelief.*
Yet, here I am, a knight again. The four who were deciding my case were of my family- Zan's sister, Jordan; my husband, Lawrence; my adoptive mother, Arden; Arden's brother, Jax. Though I don't know if that would have made it easier for him to make his case, or harder. I bank on harder, considering how careful they are... especially Lawrence. Keren miss-interperted his caution for a lack of love, but I know that it is, in his way, a sign of love. He wants to keep me safe... he wants to protect what the woman he fell in love with dedicated her life to... he knows that if I were to fail the order again, it would probably be the death of me. Similar arguments could be made for them all. Add to that their suspicions of outsiders, and I think he had his work cut out for him. Yet by the end of it, they spoke highly of him. Lawrence suggested that we all "Keep our eye on that young man who came to speak on Nyx-Warda's behalf", by which he means Keren may someday be asked to become a knight.
Speaking of which, I was not the only one knighted. Muaarga, too, was welcomed into our growing family. I was so glad to see it finally happen. Scince I've known him, he's expressed an intrest in the Ceterus, but recently when I've gotten to know him better I talked to Lawrence about it. Arden and I actually made his robes a couple days before we were captured, and we were actually looking for a chance to ask him before it all started hitting the fan. Now, with him here, Lawrence approached him on the spot, after I had taken my oath, asking if he too would join the brotherhood. He gave, for his token, a holocron. Lawrence thought it was interesting, I thought it appropriate to represent him.
The whole crazy ride just made me... well.... happy. *She chases her sentance with a little chuckle, and continues in a rather optimistic tone.* That word seems strange to me, heheh, but I don't know how else to explain it. Lawrence used the words "welcome home" ...well I think that is a good way to explain it, too. The order is my home, and I'm happy to be back. To know that I can come back... to know that Muaarga is coming too... to know that I can finally knight Jaelon... to know that perhaps Keren can join us someday, if he so chooses...
*Her voice trails off as her words melt into thoughts. Shortly, she catches herself, and remembers what she's doing.*
I've often wondered if the force really does have a will of its own. Well.. tonight I think I can believe it does. Not because everything has gone right at the moment, but actually because things have gone wrong. No matter how crazy things get.. no matter how hopeless things seem.. there is always a little hope for those who have a simple faith. Not a blind faith that you can do no wrong, or that all wrongs will be righted, or that everything is foreordained. No. A simple faith.. as simple as knowing what's right.. or having faith in a friend.. or finding a little hope for goodness in a hopeless galaxy. I think I understand, now, what Muaarga meant before. I think I understand why Keren wanted to take a chance on me, and do what nobody had ever done.. why Jaelon was so confidant that I would return someday, and be able to knight him.. why legov stuck with me.. why Caelorn is so always optimistic.. *chuckle* even why McCay bothered to call me up when I was being so difficult. They all knew that secret that I had missed.. that simple faith I had forgotten, which I was so lost without, which now.. welcomes me home again. As I was taking my oath, I made a second, silent one to myself: To never forget the power of a simple faith.
*END*
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*She sounds completely floored by the news, even as she says it. Her voice is at once hopeful and full of disbelief.*
Yet, here I am, a knight again. The four who were deciding my case were of my family- Zan's sister, Jordan; my husband, Lawrence; my adoptive mother, Arden; Arden's brother, Jax. Though I don't know if that would have made it easier for him to make his case, or harder. I bank on harder, considering how careful they are... especially Lawrence. Keren miss-interperted his caution for a lack of love, but I know that it is, in his way, a sign of love. He wants to keep me safe... he wants to protect what the woman he fell in love with dedicated her life to... he knows that if I were to fail the order again, it would probably be the death of me. Similar arguments could be made for them all. Add to that their suspicions of outsiders, and I think he had his work cut out for him. Yet by the end of it, they spoke highly of him. Lawrence suggested that we all "Keep our eye on that young man who came to speak on Nyx-Warda's behalf", by which he means Keren may someday be asked to become a knight.
Speaking of which, I was not the only one knighted. Muaarga, too, was welcomed into our growing family. I was so glad to see it finally happen. Scince I've known him, he's expressed an intrest in the Ceterus, but recently when I've gotten to know him better I talked to Lawrence about it. Arden and I actually made his robes a couple days before we were captured, and we were actually looking for a chance to ask him before it all started hitting the fan. Now, with him here, Lawrence approached him on the spot, after I had taken my oath, asking if he too would join the brotherhood. He gave, for his token, a holocron. Lawrence thought it was interesting, I thought it appropriate to represent him.
The whole crazy ride just made me... well.... happy. *She chases her sentance with a little chuckle, and continues in a rather optimistic tone.* That word seems strange to me, heheh, but I don't know how else to explain it. Lawrence used the words "welcome home" ...well I think that is a good way to explain it, too. The order is my home, and I'm happy to be back. To know that I can come back... to know that Muaarga is coming too... to know that I can finally knight Jaelon... to know that perhaps Keren can join us someday, if he so chooses...
*Her voice trails off as her words melt into thoughts. Shortly, she catches herself, and remembers what she's doing.*
I've often wondered if the force really does have a will of its own. Well.. tonight I think I can believe it does. Not because everything has gone right at the moment, but actually because things have gone wrong. No matter how crazy things get.. no matter how hopeless things seem.. there is always a little hope for those who have a simple faith. Not a blind faith that you can do no wrong, or that all wrongs will be righted, or that everything is foreordained. No. A simple faith.. as simple as knowing what's right.. or having faith in a friend.. or finding a little hope for goodness in a hopeless galaxy. I think I understand, now, what Muaarga meant before. I think I understand why Keren wanted to take a chance on me, and do what nobody had ever done.. why Jaelon was so confidant that I would return someday, and be able to knight him.. why legov stuck with me.. why Caelorn is so always optimistic.. *chuckle* even why McCay bothered to call me up when I was being so difficult. They all knew that secret that I had missed.. that simple faith I had forgotten, which I was so lost without, which now.. welcomes me home again. As I was taking my oath, I made a second, silent one to myself: To never forget the power of a simple faith.
*END*
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