Understanding Who You Are
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Close to the bridge and riverbank
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Silverstorm is enjoying sometime in the woods. A little jogging and some pushups once she gets to the riverbank. She didn’t leave to go home right away as she decided she wanted once day, just one day to be off alone and enjoy some quiet time in the woods and maybe she will try her teacher’s meditation, hey can’t hurt to try it once right?
Aibne has been looking for wild plants, mainly ones that could be crops and has found some wild strawberries he will try and bring plants of to Camp Willow. He smiles as he sees Silverstorm and walks over to her “Silverstorm!” He calls out hoping she hears him and no one else does.
Silverstorm had just sit down to try and meditate when she hears a voice and sighs, she looks the direction of the voice and sees the other otter “Oh, it’s you” She says as if a little bored.
Aibne walks over and smiles, “I..be glad ta see you, I was worri’ when you rushed off, I tried ta find you and then your group left. I had thought of following but decide not to, for..well different reasons.”
Silverstorm stands “Well, I am fine now as you can see.” She smiles brightly “Oh, I am a sister in the order and now de head blacksmith of the abbey! I will be starting tomorrow, but I decided to take a day off to think on some things, my life has not been the best, but tis better now than it ever has been and I am glad for helpful friends and, well the abbey be like a family inna way too”
Aibne chuckles “That’s de spirit lass, Ya know you have a very beautiful smile, it’s like a sunrise on a good day. “ He then blushes as he didn’t mean to say that out loud.
Silverstorm blinks at this and smiles “thanks Aibne, your sweet”
Aibne grins “I try to be lass, I am glad you’re a Sister in that abbey. That’s like a high rank right?” He waits on a reply.
Silverstorm nods “I suppose but it’s also hard to get to but once you do it feels great. Why? Were you thinkin’ of takin’ me up on my offer of living at the abbey? You and Mint would love it there and the food is great, you missed the feast by the way it was fun and had great food and music”
It’s here the otter frowns, “Well in a way I be upset lass, but it another way I could never go to a feast where vermin were. I am sorry” Aibne says calmly as he adds “I trust no vermin Silverstorm, I don’t care who they are.”
Silverstorm frowns “Not all vermin are evil you know, some have a little good in them and a rare few have a lot of good in them like Flicktail.”
“Flicktail can go soak his head in the river, the only reason I didn’t kill him in his sleep is cause he is somehow champion of Redwall and I have no clue why. Maybe they felt sorry for him cause he is slow or something and trying to call himself an otter, that’s insane” Aibne says, clear hate in his voice.” Thar be no such thing as a good vermin, all vermin are evil one way or another and how do you know he didn’t kill the champion a while back and stole the sword for his own and lie to all the Redwallers on how he was choosen by whoever Martin de warrior is. He could be waiting and maybe seasons it took, ta strike all those who trust his over kind nature. I hate foxes and all foxes should die , all vermin should die…all rats, stoats, weasels, cats, ermine, Crows, eel, ferrets, frogs, gull lizards ,martens, monitor lizards, polecats, ravens, toads, wildcats and FOXES!”
Silverstorm listens to all this and frowns, she backs off a little and seems lost for words , “I..have meet vermin who were not evil.”
Aibne rolls his eyes “Yeah? How many? And what of that vermin town close by ya all, you should worry about that as well as I wouldn’t be caught dead or alive in that place.”
Silverstorm takes a deep breath, “Flicktail is my friend and I trust him with my life”
Aibne frowns “Then you’re a fool, I won’t go to the abbey as that fox is the champion and like said I don’t trust foxes. I know Camp Willow helps the abbey and is allies but my guess they would only help if it was very clear the abbey needed it or would lose. I would join the fight to help if I was told to but would keep my distance from the fox. I say the only GOOD vermin is one 6 foot under.”
Silverstorm reaction is quick and she regrets it afterward but she goes to haul off and slap the other otter across the face, course he could move and she could miss.
Aibne tenses as he is hit and lays a paw on the side of his face, ok maybe he deserved it as he did say some hurtful things to a female. He rubs his cheek and looks at Silverstorm, “I am sorry for my views. I am also sorry to say me and Mint will not be your friend….I don’t want Mint to ever trust Flicktail, she will think it’s ok to trust a fox when it’s not. I don’t want her to die or become enslaved cause..oh the champion of Redwall is supposedly good so ALLL foxes are good. She is too young to understand so me and her will live at Camp Willow, where it’s safer and she can grow up with what I feel is the right idea about vermin and the other otters would agree with me. I can’t be friends with one who thinks there is good vermin. I am sorry. You..you have a good day now” He turns and dives into the river to swim away and back to camp, he frowns as he is upset with himself for hurting feelings but maybe it’s for the best, besides his home is Camp Willow and he is now loyal to it.
Silverstorm listens and frowns. She wipes away a tear and takes a deep breath. She will not let this get her down, she will not let her feelings get hurt. She is who she is and she is proud of it, she watches the other otter swim away and nods as she says a quiet “Goodbye Aibne ”And with that she sits down and takes a deep breath and exhales and starts meditating and it helps. Her mind cleared and her tenseness slowly melts away as she smiles. She stands after a couple hours and heads home to Redwall Abbey. She is ready to take over as Main Blacksmith and she is proud to be a Sister in the order. She is soon at the gates and smiles as she walks in “Good to be home”
