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Chapter 8 - 8. I am.

Ahh I feel so fulfilled. Building my nest filled me with a sense of accomplishment as if it was something I was always suppose to do. I sit in my nest pondering about my current life. Am I a Violet thunder crow with a human soul? or am I a human stuck inside a bird body?. I sit in introspection I look at the knowledge that Frindle left behind on my mind.

The first piece of knowledge that I came across was that my races original name was Corlithun. The reason why our race is called Violet thunder Crow was that the direct translation of our race was called The Crow of Thunder and lightning which was too cumbersome to the people of the time and that we had dark purple tail feathers.I wanted to roll my eyes because these were the same people who named their moves something like Slash that sunders heaven and hell or Demon. crippeling fist of absolute justice.

The second piece of knowledge is that my mother and I both have the Golden crow bloodline which is why one of our feathers on our breast has a slightly reddish purple tone. we can be considered mutants with more potential than a Golden crow or a Corlithun. In the cultivation world fire and lightning are not diametrically opposite so the have a good chance of fusion infact there seems to be some heavenly flames that have flames and thunder. Heavenly flames apparently are special flames born of heaven and earth energy.

What Frindle did to me made me more compatible with the bloodline apparently my human soul would have caused some dissonance with my body. I guess she really was trying to make up for what happened to me and wasn't just talking.

I suddenly feel happy that I had someone like Frindle who was looking out for me and a mother who obviously cares about me even if she is a bit gluttonous.

I continue my introspection and I think back to my life on earth and remember some of the philosophy lesson I took in school. René Descartes seems fitting. His theory of" I think, therefore I am." seems to sum up what I am feeling and to certain extent I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.

Here I am a few days old and I am already contemplating life and my purpose haha. I guess it doesn't matter what I am because they are all piece's of me therefore I am me! nothing can change that and anything I do will only add from the whole that is "I".

I instantly felt lighter and I focus my inner sight inward and I notice how my soul seems to have morphed into a Crow shaped galaxy with a human constellation near where it's heart should be. I open my eyes and felt more in sync with who and what I am.

My cultivation seems to have improved and my core seems much purer and changed into what looks like a galaxy filled with stars. I wonder if this is from my introspection or my cultivation technique. I wish Frindle was here so I can ask. I mentally sighed to my self and noticed how quickly I became attached to her maybe because she was so helpful I started to become dependant on her.

I opened my beak and spread my wings as far as I could and let loose the loudest Caw that I could. CAAAAWWW! I t was loud enough to shake the leaves on the branch that I was on. It felt great like all the stuffyness in my chest was let out.

From the corner of my eye I see a black burr. It was mother and she looked very worried.

My child what's wrong? She hopped around me trying to find where I was hurt.

Mother nothing is wrong I was just thinking about some stuff and I suddenly felt like cawing. She sternly looked into my eyes as to see if I was lying about what I just said. She let out a sigh of relief "I though something bad happened since I haven't seen you for an entire day and it made me worried."

Why didn't you look for me then? She looked at me confused and said "You're and adult why would you need your mother to come and look after you every second." My eyes shot wide open I-I-I am and adult? In couldn't help but stutter even in a mental connection I couldn't help but shout I was just born mother! I am still a child! she still looked confused and just explained in a tone that made it look like I had no common sense. "You have your feathers, you can fly and have your own nest what are you if not an adult?"I guess I can't fault your reasoning mother. I replied despondently.

She suddenly had some kind of expectation an ominous twinkle in her eyes." When are you going to find a mate son? I wish to see our family grow, I want to see a bunch of hatchings fufufu. I was just born mother! I couldn't help but retort. Fufufu my son is so shy she said as she put her wing on my head and started rubbing it. She just couldn't help herself huh. Stop teasing me mother I am going to cultivate now! I am 100 percent sure that if I was human I would have been blushing I thought.

I quickly turned around and sat down and started cultivating but before I could do is I heard my mother fly away cawing in a laughing manner. I couldn't help but sigh and think to my self mother's are all the same no matter the species huh? I quickly closed my eyes and started to cultivate some how felt that if I didn't get stronger terrible things would happen to me.

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