Llettynn
(A Siric is hard to corner; Blue
River Frond is fortunate to have recorded these words.)
Blue: You are the Siric leader, Llettynn.
How long have you held the position?
Llettynn: Too long.
Blue: I look at you and see a smallish
humanoid dressed all in white. Please don’t take offense, but how do you inspire
confidence in those you are forced to deal with?
Llettynn: Guardians are not forced into
anything.
Blue: I seem to have offended you,
after all. I’m sorry. For the record, white isn’t the only colour you wear
about your person, is it?
Llettynn: The Siric wear white.
Blue: You are being coy. I am, of course,
speaking of your wings. Wings and colour together define the Siric.
Llettynn: It does not.
Blue: Perhaps I didn’t say it correctly.
I meant you wear colour upon your wings, and Siric read status by it. You, for
example, carry turquoise…and that, I believe, is the mark of leadership. Others-
Declan, for instance- carries red more markedly, because he is your deputy.
Llettynn: Your point?
Blue: Hmm, I see now why others name
the Siric as cold. You do not share either information or emotion easily. Why is
that?
Llettynn: Immortality teaches even the
most emotional of beings to rein it in.
Blue: You’re jaded, is that what you’re
saying?
Llettynn: No.
Blue: What do you mean?
Llettynn: Nothing. I suggest you ask a
relevant question before I return to my duties.
Blue: Of course. What are your
current duties?
Llettynn: The Guardians are present on Valaris,
currently searching for hidden sites which may or may not lead to
enlightenment. We do this because we hope to curtail Infinity in her desire to
unleash chaos upon the universe. I cannot say more, and now I must return. If you
seek greater insight, Belun of the Centuar is the Guardian to speak too. Not
yet, Blue River Frond; time is of the essence for all of us and even Belun,
loquacious as he is, cannot now be spared.
Blue: I thank you for your time and
for the advice. Another time, then.
(Blue states years later she
wished she had pushed the Siric leader harder; in Llettynn there resided a mind
of absolute brilliance.)
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