The whole southern horizon was afire. It was an aura like nothing she had ever seen, one beyond color or words, bursting out of nowhere. It stole her breath. Even after it faded away several seconds later, she continued to sit in the lotus position and weep at the memory of it.
Eventually she pulled herself together and went to find her teacher.
"It's him," she said. "I know it. I do!"
"Then it is time for you to leave this place, my student, and teach whom I could not."
Ty Lee wanted to argue, to plead that she had so much more to learn from him, but she understood the wisdom in her teacher's words. The spirits and ancestors were so often vague that such an unambiguous clarion trumpeting could not be ignored.
That understanding didn't stop her from pouncing forward and tackling her teacher with a hug. "Goodbye, Guru Pathik."
Her teacher laughed. "I'll miss you too, Guru Ty Lee."
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The World of Broken Glass [2/14]
Date: 2010-11-29 08:10 pm (UTC)Ty Lee's three eyes slammed open.
The whole southern horizon was afire. It was an aura like nothing she had ever seen, one beyond color or words, bursting out of nowhere. It stole her breath. Even after it faded away several seconds later, she continued to sit in the lotus position and weep at the memory of it.
Eventually she pulled herself together and went to find her teacher.
"It's him," she said. "I know it. I do!"
"Then it is time for you to leave this place, my student, and teach whom I could not."
Ty Lee wanted to argue, to plead that she had so much more to learn from him, but she understood the wisdom in her teacher's words. The spirits and ancestors were so often vague that such an unambiguous clarion trumpeting could not be ignored.
That understanding didn't stop her from pouncing forward and tackling her teacher with a hug. "Goodbye, Guru Pathik."
Her teacher laughed. "I'll miss you too, Guru Ty Lee."