She looked up at the sky and sighed. There was still a long way to go. The difficulties were innumerable. But that was why she had taken up this journey.
The birds harkened to her. She perched them on her arm. She knew they would come to her. She stopped on the side of the path and plucked the chrysanthemum that grew in the earth. She knew she was being observed. But she did not pay attention. It was not in her nature to pay attention to anyone. She was the one who had to be paid attention to.
The mountain air was fresh. It blew across her face. She sang gaily, her voice clear, resonant. Someone sang back. She smiled, acknowledging her accompanist. But she was not one to accept. She had been alone all this time and this had been her entourage. No one could be like her and choose the same way as her. But, it seemed, this time, she would have to accept or be defeated.
As she trudged along, her mind wandered. She was disturbed, shaken. She had been challenged for the first time. She was being shown that she was not alone. She was being shown that this journey was not only hers.
She looked at her accompanist. And she could not help but keep looking… she did not walk on… she walk towards that figure… there was another far more difficult journey that she had to encounter now….
The birds harkened to her. She perched them on her arm. She knew they would come to her. She stopped on the side of the path and plucked the chrysanthemum that grew in the earth. She knew she was being observed. But she did not pay attention. It was not in her nature to pay attention to anyone. She was the one who had to be paid attention to.
The mountain air was fresh. It blew across her face. She sang gaily, her voice clear, resonant. Someone sang back. She smiled, acknowledging her accompanist. But she was not one to accept. She had been alone all this time and this had been her entourage. No one could be like her and choose the same way as her. But, it seemed, this time, she would have to accept or be defeated.
As she trudged along, her mind wandered. She was disturbed, shaken. She had been challenged for the first time. She was being shown that she was not alone. She was being shown that this journey was not only hers.
She looked at her accompanist. And she could not help but keep looking… she did not walk on… she walk towards that figure… there was another far more difficult journey that she had to encounter now….
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