DM Arrakeen wrote:Timmy explains what is happening on each picture. He is very involved in his imaginary stories.
When the question is asked the boy looks oddly at Ameris as if the priest wasn't right in his head then laughs. "But you are ilmateri yes? So you are a priest of the broken god. Shouldn't you be broken, and beaten up and like him to be a good priest that takes all bad and pain, and suffering from others?" Timmy explains energetically, apparently having quite a vision about what being an Ilmatari priest means...
kleomenes wrote:"I am Ilmatari, yes, and it is good for a priest to take the pain of others." He smiles as he speaks. "That does not always mean being beaten up though. But it can, and it has happened before. Sometimes though, it just means being brave and doing the right thing even though its not the easy thing."
Ameris looks through the pictures. "I do like that you draw me that way! Its very imaginative!"
He pauses. "Telia might like it if you do not always draw me hurting, though. Maybe you can draw me healing someone sometimes."
DM Arrakeen wrote:That notion catches boy's attention. He seems distraught by the thought that Telia might not like his pictures. The little boy fidgets nervously. "I didn't know that! I... I'll draw differently now," he pouts for a moment. "Telia doesn't like you taking suffering and being a broken priest?"
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kleomenes wrote:As their time together ends, Ameris remembers why he first actually came. "Timmy, we should practice your reading. How would this be? If I brought you a picture that I drew tomorrow, and if I do that, you promise to practice your reading with me?"
DM Arrakeen wrote:"Fine, we will read... A little," Timmy sighs with his lips pressed tight and quirking upside-down in a very telling pouty way.
kleomenes wrote:Ameris would return the next day, and present what can only be described as a well meaning artistic endeavour. He presents it to the child.
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DM Arrakeen wrote:Timmy peers with interest at priests' artwork.
kleomenes wrote:Ameris explains the drawing. "Perytons are horrible monsters. Have you heard of them? They are like giant eagles with the heads of stags. They only eat human hearts. And only magic can kill them. My family used to have to hunt them where I grew up, as we had two magic swords. This is a picture of you and me fighting one to stop it eating Telia's heart! See, there is Silvyr. And there is Telia, can you see all the Mystran stars? But she is magic, so she doesn't really need our help!"
He points to the fireball at the last.
DM Arrakeen wrote:Timmy's eyes go wide at the notion of a peryton eating Telia's heart, he blinks rapidly. A mixture of confusion, irritation, and sadness show on boy's face. "So she doesn't need me ..." Timmy snuffles, fidgeting some more. Brief moment passes and the boy frowns angrily, throwing away the picture. "I don't need you too!" Timmy yells, eyes filling with tears as he attempts to storm out of the room.