ARTHYR AURELIO AND THE SANGHA — On the other side

While she was with the Sangha, everything seemed to make sense. Once she crossed back through the mountain, her doubts returned. She would reach her parents’ tree and do her best to go unnoticed.

Arthyr encouraged her to keep going.

“Don’t give up. Look within yourself. Don’t be afraid to take that step.”

But Skyblue had learned to see herself through the eyes of those who found her strange. The more she heard about her true nature, the more afraid she was to discover it.

‘What if what I find is worse than what they say about me?’ she thought.

She did not dare ask that question aloud.