<div class="floatleft"><div align="center">(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/5829/or58vihjdmk8mehzg.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Isis Dawson<br/>  ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾  </span></span></div></div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… the Lotus and I teach our parents and ourselves … the Hindsight that Mother Chloe discovered is especially helpful as we go back in time to review what those who first emerged from chaos knew and didn’t know … and where that other who we oppose grew and learned … formidable they are … yet we are in a time when that may be once again defeated if we find the way … that too has grown and become strong …<br/><br/>… the Lotus assures me we are in time … humans are despairing … yet the time is not yet when we may help them … the Lotus cautions me against fatalism and we refresh our sens on the words of Zeno of Citium and his teachers …<br/><br/>… that we oppose tries at intervals to breach or fortress … mere forays to learn our strengths and weaknesses … some we allow to learn things that contain less or occasionally more of what we know … the Lotus is wise and counsels me and our Mothers who in turn counsel their sister and brothers … Mother Chloe seems to know we deceive her and accepts that with no protest … she has learned ot be a soldier after being placed in the penultimate position … her love for Mother Kimmie seems a mystery to us …<br/><br/>… the day comes when the hormones in our bodies try to take control … a balancing act we anticipated … yet the day arrives with a ferocity we did not expect … we turn finally to our Mothers …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “Mothers, we need to visit the warm sea for a time. And then wild places. Please consider how we can do that. We need time with the other creatures that ride our planet. A year or two would be good. We can do with less.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… we kiss them goodnight and repair to our room … communing with the spirits of this and the nearby worlds is occupying our evenings …</em></span></span>