Flux & Flow of Emotion

The great Lion stretched out his right paw very slowly and rose smoothly to his feet.

He then padded around Puck full circle three times, and sat down again. His head was huge, and radiating out from it was a golden mane, which made it look all the bigger; yet his face was kindly and Puck could see by the expression on it that he had clearly been listening to his troubles. Puck waited solemnly as the Lion scuffed the dirt between them, making what looked like a figure eight in the ground, pausing to consider his delivery of the advice Puck had come for.

After many moments he looked straight into Puck's eyes and said quietly: "This world of Men is still very young - one could say, at adolescence. The spirit of Mankind is strong, and tensile to each age and its difficulties.

“In the breath of a lifetime their hearts heave with loss and new discovery no less than every hour of their existence there.

“This flux and flow of emotion is a constant - to be taut with life and then to relax; to breathe in the wisdom and outpour one's own; to sort through the choices before you, gathering the skills of good choosing and the ability to say no.

“But the spirit within is young and trusts all.

“It is natural for children to omit danger from their consciousness of behaviour - and in this reasoning, the spirit which is also young, comes from the abundance of Heaven and expects this paradise to continue on.

“As spiritual beings they are self-centred ordinarily - for this is where their own gravity lies - and as spirits they expect all and give very little - having much come to them from Heaven all of the time.”

-Gabriel Brunsdon, Puck in Hell, Azlander Series