“You need to stop testing your barrier, your power has reached its limit. You must focus on balance. For that is what you lack” Konigen said exasperated.
The morning ritual had come and gone, without Konigen, it was now nearly noon Syndra was the first person he went to.
“I have not reached my limit, I know I can keep going. I know there’s more to gain.” Syndra was desperate, she had to keep going.
“Your power is already too great for one so unfettered. Your constant search for the top is misguided. You must first learn to value where you are”
“Why? You always tell me what I must do, but never give me more reason than you know best.” She said the last words in a mocking impression of her master’s self-righteous tone. “The only freedom I’ve had is because you always sleep in! You leave us out here to fend for ourselves, while you commit to your rituals and seances” The last words were spoken in a mocking approximation of Konigen’s voice.
He did not take the bait, yet he slumped his shoulders and breathed out.
“You train, you learn, and when you reach your destination you will realize that my way was the best road. The only road. Your fate is not to use your powers for your own sake, but for the sake of others. Your destiny is to pave way for future generations. Your responsibility is to Ionia”. He explained like a parent to a child, questioning why her chores must be done.
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“Ionia? What have the people ever done for me? I am not beholden to anyone! Not the people who threw me out! Not to the people who fear a little girl, just because they cannot understand her.” Syndra’s voice almost cracked. She didn’t notice, but her master did. In some ways, being a teacher he had learned more about Syndra, than she had of herself.
“And not to the people who took her in?” Syndra noticed Konigen’s sunken eyes. His demeanor that of a tired parent. “Syndra. Do you not see I do this for your sake? There are people in this world who would seek to use your powers for themselves. I am trying to set you on a course that is for the betterment of all, not least of which yourself. If you cannot master balance, you cannot attain control. And if you cannot attain control of yourself, someone else will.”