Master Of None

”I understand that it may be odd. That you may never have seen someone like me.” The pleasant voice seems to be somewhat laughing at Walker’s surprised expression. ”We are one but two. The same but thinking separately. But we are of one mind. Just two thoughts.”

”I just didn’t expect to meet someone so unique. I normally do the surprising…” Walker had a lot of things he could ask but for the moment, he realized that he had been thrown in to the position of the surprised. How he made the party feel often.

”The elder may be a sightless sage, but I am a dual seer. I can see both the flow of mana and see the depths of mana. That is why you are here. To learn to think twice yet of the same mind.” now this was what tripped Walker up. He had an idea of what was being said but he was trapped in the odd way it was spoken.

”A sightless sage and a dual seer? Those are your systems?” this seemed like the logical conclusion.

However, Walker looked at the serpent and saw that there was not a reaction of approval that he was correct. ”A system for all, that was the world’s promise.”

”A path to follow for all. That was the world’s goal.”

”An unfinished masterpiece, that was the result.”

”A tainted path was created as a result. A dramatic tale put on pause by the will of the world.”

”A solution born from those that live. those that desire truth and justice.”

”And now, a mending. A true brightness as the world completes its work. The last step is all that remains. The final key.”

A slight wave of mana drifted over Walker as he felt that the manas around were trying to do something. But it was as if they had been held back at the last moment.

”I apologize, sometimes I tend to do that. Two sides of one vision. I am a seer. I see and know. But I will not explain. That is the nature of nature. You must discover it yourself. Why I might not answer your questions.”

As much as Walker wanted to dig deeper, he felt that he was about to pry in to something he wasn’t ready for. Count it as an instinct or something else, the feeling that Walker had when he was about to ask for more information was enough to stop him. But part of him resounded with this small prophecy of sorts. Something about it just seemed to feel like it was right. Like it was the world still adjusting.

”Maybe fixing the mana in the world was just a small part of things…”

”You seem to grasp what is needed. We should start looking in to things then.” the dual seer started to shift slightly. Before Walker could refocus his eyes, a half serpent half humanoid woman with two heads looked at him.

”You wish to learn even though you are stretching yourself out even now. I see you have something in common with me.”

”A split mind skill that allows you to focus on multiple tasks. Multitasking. Very useful, but it is just a stepping stone.” The seer handed Walker a wooden cup of water. She seemed to be welcoming him but from the scent in the hut, he knew that things were off.

”You came to learn and so you shall. The herbs here cause hallucinations. They are based on every form of mana that we find in the natural flow. You may rest well here. Allow your body to heal from the inner damages you may not see. Rest well here while you find your path within your own mind.”

The two heads speaking in unison drifted off as Walker realized what the seer might be saying. If he was anywhere else, he might have felt panicked or b relieved himself to be in danger. Yet, he trusted things here. It was as if he was closer to the world than anything he had felt before. He believed that this was something he had needed to do for a long time but missed the chances. But had ignored the potentials.

”Two heads are better than one you know. You can think of two things at once. See two views. Find two sides to every story. But that’s all good and well until you split up. What if you merged the thinking? Draw new conclusions?” The drifting voice sounded like it was muffled by cotton.

Walker heard all of this and snapped his eyes open to find himself within a jungle. Alone and full of an odd mist. But the words still rang in his head. He understood what was meant to be understood. The voice had bluntly told him that he was looking through a tunnel. Only focusing on the direct path ahead.”

This had been the way that Walker had been thinking. Focusing on one skill he needed, learning it, then letting it get lost in the skills of everything else. He had tried to learn more about natural mana and the fusion of elemental skills. All of this had been one focus and not split.

Even with his multitasking skill, Walker had been spread too thin to properly advance. It was the same result as if someone tried to cook too many pots on the same stove. Eventually, everything would not get cooked evenly leaving some spots raw and others burnt.

Right now, Walker had to learn to equally split and push back together his viewpoints and focuses. Let himself learn from more than one perspective while gathering things together before acting on one small whim.

The ideas that came to him immediately as he stood isolated within nature were elemental manas. The manas he sensed and tried to balance together constantly to make natural mana. These focuses had always been on one elemental mana at a time. When he fused them he gave them all a small piece of his attention. It was splitting his mind but not bringing the overall thought process together until he already had natural mana.

Therefore, Walker would never put his thoughts to fruition. He just took what he thought to be the finished product. ” journey through the jungle and return to me. See the pathways and understand the destination.”

While Walker felt this was surely a dream, he also believed that this was his own lost focus. His mind was lost in the jungle where he had been unable to condense it on a single goal. With these things hitting him, Walker believed he was starting to understand what he was doing here. What he was meant to understand about this mental space he had forsaken.

His thoughts came to the mental archive skill. The skill that allowed him to remember his skills and the things he read like he had done it yesterday. This mental space was filled with all the solutions he came up with. Especially with the all around appraisals he saw. But he never accessed it as a whole. Just a small space of it.

This place was a literal mental library full of everything he needed. But he only ever took knowledge from one book. When he used fire he looked at one book. Instead, what if he slammed two books together and worked on both as a whole?

This potential caused the mist to shift and a slightly worn path to appear within the jungle before him. An invitation to keep walking. Yet, he sensed something behind him. Another path shifting open. Two paths but one thought. Two potentials but one way to go.

This mental struggle caused Walker to freeze in place. He had no idea what to do now. He wasn’t able to split himself. He couldn’t devote enough to go both directions and decide which was better…

”So you are a seer. I have only ever met a small handful of seers in life. I have lived for a long time.” Mordant had drifted out of the shadows and looked down at the sleeping figure of Walker. The dual seer stood by emanating a slight mist from her body as Walker drifted in and out of his dream.

”Honorable dragon. I am not going to harm this young one.”

”We are sharing the paths they may take. Showing a potential they forsake.”

Mordant calmly looked at the dual seer. He did not appear angry. Just frustrated. ”I am a dragon, yet I can not grasp what has become of your people and race. You are ahead of all of us. Potentially the same as some angels from long ago that left their people on this continent and the other. I hope that we will understand you soon.” Mordant sat down to witness what might happen here. He understood that he was unready to grasp what was before him. The dual seer just smiled softly. She truly respected those willing to learn and grow with the world.

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