ask and you shall receive

Haezel was lost. She had no idea why she was here and was at a loss at what to do next. Had one of the mothers been around to witness her antics over the last couple of weeks no doubt she would have been chastised for faithlessness. But what was a first year like herself to do? She knew enough to get by but she was quite literally blind and alone. No one in her position, no matter how talented, would ever be loosed on the wilds like this. She had no support system to fall back on when things were quiet and she was purposeless. All that she could surmise from this was that she was meant to find her own way. That she could handle. It was the loneliness that was hard. Haezel had never been alone like this before. It was strange to have neither peers nor mentors, and she didn't even want to think too long about the loss of her companion who had been like a second shadow since her birthday.

Though she didn't want to think about it, it was the companion that ultimately motivated Haezel to take her current course of actions. At her paws was a small fire over which slowly blackened a hollow turtle shell. Inside it was a hodge podge of fragrant things. Some of them were unpleasant, some of them were not, and together they were a vaguely unpleasant medicinal smelling soup. If answers weren't being offered than she was going to get them herself.

Haezel lay down beside the fire and took a deep breath. Her eyes were closed - they had been from the start - and her expression was serene as she thought the divination words she knew by heart. One way or another she was getting answers. She needed clarity, she needed purpose, and she needed a companion. As the smoke settled over her Haezel began to hum a wordless tune. She breathed deep and narrowed her focus down to her desires. Clarity, purpose, companion. Clarity, purpose, companion.