Interesting I thought, "how many couples like us would it take to stop this war?" I asked Tala.
"None, only adjusting our Mother is one, if she is ready to allow magic, we would have enough to kick start the magic in those who still have it in their bones. Would also awaken the ancients who have gone to sleep allowing the monsters to take over has they have." A low growl emitted from her. "I can only wish we get that far." Tala sighed.
I paused, this gave me a lot to think about. the processes that had been set in motion must have planned a long while. "Tala, how long has this been planned?" I asked. It had to be at least several hundred years. "3500 years is our best estimate." Tala answered. "Holy crap, that would put around the time of creation for the bible." I was in shock. "When the creatures popped up and slowly started taking over, nobody paid attention until they had gotten their clutches in and around everything." Tala was matter of fact no emotion I could not tell what she believed. "Lia, what I believe is that everyone should be free to live as they choose. Vast options and the understanding that you will place your best foot forward." I could understand that. A lot of the reason why we moved out to the off grid lifestyle in Arizona. Getting back to the Earth allowed us to do some soul searching and find out who we are as people living in the wild existance. That existance is how we coexist. We are not the owners, but barrowers from our children and their children.
I was on rambling thoughts about various thing in the midst of my chores when a question popped up. "Tala, these creatures you speak of what are they?" It took Tala a while for she finally spoke up to say, "They are human hosts taken over by spirits of a sinister nature. They breed and create more of themselves at an unsightly pace. They feed off fear in all its forms including blood. They create things to make themselves stronger and more viable. Had the ancients not been lulled to sleep and magic still roamed the world, these nightmarish things would never have taken root on our Mother." She sighed it was something that irritated her beyond anything else. My thoughts went to the sex trafficking, the drugs and all other bits including blood rituals and the consuming of human flesh. I shuddered. I wanted nothing to do with that. All those horrors wittnessed by innocents what a horrible introduction to a world that could be so much more magical and alive.
I heard Tala start to laugh, "What is funny?" I was genuinely curious. "You, Repulsed by their blood rituals but understanding that you must kill to eat." I paused her a moment, "where are you going with this?" I heard her smile, "as wolves we know kill to eat or kill to stay alive. But killing for the fun takes food or lives that are meant for someone elses existance. Their difference is the darkness they create. We understand death helps create life and vice versa. The celebrate death but not life. Much like killing for the sport of it does not give much power, and why they need to do it often. Where in our mix of life and death we create a harmonious cycle that benefits every living being on this planet." I felt her shrug as if to say life is that and nothing more.