*The hours had been long, waiting for his cousin, mostly spent between standing sentinel and meditating himself. The conditions Takashi preferred when preparing himself sometimes seemed near-intoxicatingly strong, and sometimes he felt himself wanting to fall asleep, but he made sure to keep himself as alert as possible so that he could be there for his cousin whenever the moment came. And how it had.
*Mitsukuni closed his eyes and breathed in the sweet scent of the incense. It was finally time to begin, and hope and believe that Takashi would be able to answer some of the many questions about what their dormmate['s body] had said.
*Of course, to start out with, he asked the same question that began almost every reading session*
*Mori exhaled... watching the swirling incenses-mist dancing in the wind of his breath own.*
Darkness walking... and a light yet-to-come. *the darkness was a man, and the light a child with two faces... but these were just feelings and could not be communicated, or even remembered longer than a moment.*
*Darkness and light. Often standing in for good and evil, but could also be the known and the unknown, blindness and sight, sleep and awakening, and a miriad of other things. (On the rare occasion, it was the darkness that actually was good against an overpowering light...)
*He could assume the good and evil for now, without knowing more. He'd have to keep an open mind, and not take the words too far beyond face value until the reading was done, but having a possible interpretation in mind sometimes helped to properly direct the reading, so he continued with that intent*
*is silent for a while... in a trying really hard to see something specific kind of way* A red snake... very close... *obviously having a lot of difficulty here*
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*Mitsukuni closed his eyes and breathed in the sweet scent of the incense. It was finally time to begin, and hope and believe that Takashi would be able to answer some of the many questions about what their dormmate['s body] had said.
*Of course, to start out with, he asked the same question that began almost every reading session*
"What do you see?"
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Darkness walking... and a light yet-to-come. *the darkness was a man, and the light a child with two faces... but these were just feelings and could not be communicated, or even remembered longer than a moment.*
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*He could assume the good and evil for now, without knowing more. He'd have to keep an open mind, and not take the words too far beyond face value until the reading was done, but having a possible interpretation in mind sometimes helped to properly direct the reading, so he continued with that intent*
Are they in the same place? What are they doing?
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*is silent for a while... in a trying really hard to see something specific kind of way*
A red snake... very close... *obviously having a lot of difficulty here*
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