audio | un: yiling patriarch

[weifinder]

Hey, every one of us glorious abductees! A question, to those listening right now, brought to you by myself and Master Archeval due to the considerations of a friend, but: what would you make of being informed that, and here I'm quoting, "The man you trust was six years not among us?"

( A dramatic pause, for digestion purposes. )

All said and done, with that message slipped to me, I can say with certainty there's a handful I fully trust here, and there's none I trust entirely from here, no offense. However, there is one we've been forced to trust, ah? In hearing these words, what are your thoughts?

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[weifinder]

... I have to know so many fire signs...

( THINKING BACK ON THE PEOPLE IN HIS LIFE... )

[beitangmoran]

If I remember your birth date correctly, you are born under the sign of the Scorpio which is actually a Water sign. And yet...

[He's just saying.]

[weifinder]

What about water can't flow quick?

( Is his more amused note in return. )

[beitangmoran]

Oh, water signs can be impulsive too. They're just more attuned to emotion and reading the moods of others.

[weifinder]

( ah yes, but does that actually help, all the time )

Hahaha, I see, I see, so then they know the mood and do as they do, ah?

[beitangmoran]

In a manner of speaking.

As always, there are good and bad aspects to it. At their best, water signs are a healing force that brings people together. At their worst, they can be psychic vampires, able to manipulate and drain the life force of those closest to them.

[weifinder]

... Psychic what?

[beitangmoran]

Psychic vampires. It means they absorb other people's energy. They feed on others' willingness to listen and care for them, leaving them exhausted and overwhelmed.

[weifinder]

... Sounds like some people I know, though I don't think they're particularly following the patterns of these zodiacs of your home.

[beitangmoran]

Who knows? They might be a water sign too, depending on when they were born. There are three of them.

[weifinder]

What were the signs again? Water, fire, air... no metal?

[beitangmoran]

There are twelve signs, divided between water, fire, air, and earth.

The water signs are Pisces, Cancer and Scorpio. The fire signs are Aries, Leo and Sagittarius. The air signs are Aquarius, Gemini and Libra. The Earth Signs are Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn.

[weifinder]

Is Earth meant to be Metal or Wood? Or just a different concept of elements altogether?

[beitangmoran]

Well, I have never heard of Metal or Wood associated with astrological signs, so I have to assume different notions.

[weifinder]

Meanwhile I only know a little of any astrology back home, with most of it in animals or years with different elemental associations... something like that? I've read a book or two about it in passing, can't say I recall much!

[beitangmoran]

We do appear to have different systems. Meanwhile, people who are completely removed from my universe seem to know about my constellations and star signs.

[weifinder]

Wait, and they're right about what they say? That's fascinating... I wonder what other things we might share across vastly different realms without knowing yet.

[beitangmoran]

Everything I have heard so far seems to match, they just seem to believe it is completely made up to make people feel better, and not an actual thing.

[weifinder]

... Haha, sorry, that has to frustrate. Do you want to know how often I've had people ask if cultivating means we're farmers? When we're all taking what we know and applying it to realms we don't, the claims we make get less and less singular in their truths.

[beitangmoran]

Believe me, I am not used to having to explain over and over again who I am and what I do. Where I come from, everyone knows me. Having to put words on things is complicated when you have to explain them to someone who has no idea what it's like.

[weifinder]

( He laughs at that. )

At this point, I'm resigned to the continued joy of doing exactly that over things that I once so carelessly assumed were common knowledge.