Death-bringer

Torg Shamaatha Braya is not that old – maybe twice my age. He led troops at the Battle of Tears. He lived. I remember thinking, when I saw him first, that he wished he hadn't.

Torg Shamaatha Braya bears responsibility for many deaths through his career. I noticed him again today, while I was guiding some young dancers, and realised that I bear responsibility for more. Deeper than that: I felt a strange kinship in the sudden knowledge that the erenda of death-bringing has worn us both.

... and I went on and corrected the posture of a young dancer and shaped another's hands into the wind-form. This is the life I first trained for.