"You keep going on and on about this legacy what exactly is it?" I asked, not willing to agree to anything until I had a better understanding of what was going on, or an understanding of what was going on at all.
"If only your father had raised you properly, you would already know what you need to, But he made choices and now I have to deal with the consequences."
"My father raised me to know right and wrong. He raised me to take care of my family and put the family above all else. I don't know what your definition of raising someone correctly is, but in my opinion, my father did a very good job. I do not wish to hear you belittle him." I said nervously I did not like talking to authority figures like that, but I was not going to sit here and listen to him speak about my father and such a way.
"I agree with you. If we are going by the standards that you imply then, yes, he did a very good job, But I was talking about in terms of passing down the legacy. he failed to give you even the most basic knowledge about it so now I must do so."
"I know nothing about the legacy. I will have to agree with you that if we go by what you're saying yes, he probably did fail." If this orb, was willing to meet halfway I was willing to do the same. It was only fair.
"Now, again, let teach you about the legacy first, then we will continue for there." "Yes sir." "Don't call me sir, I'm a being that transcends that human construct. Some of my colleagues don't mind, but if you want to have a good first impression, refer to each individual here as spirt unless given permission to do otherwise."
Worried that I had upset the spirit I quickly said, "Yes spirt. Please forgive my ignorance." "It is alright." He said then after a short pause he asked, "Why are acting like this? The energy here is ment to calm humans and make them much more docile and pliable, so as to make it easier for us to teach you or for you to expect your death, but I never seen one react like you."
"How so?" "The other humans that fell down this hole were very lethargic and not too aware what was going on a few hours after they came down. I'm just wondering why you're not like them."
I thought about this for a second, "Well my family has always said I'm a bit different. Maybe it has something to do with that?" "Possibly you do seem fundamentally different than the average human." I just shrugged my shoulders at that I never really cared that I was a little different. It just made me, me.
"Well anyway, the legacy is a connection to the power of us spirits. This connection can only be given to one human at a time. It is only ever been passed down through your family. Each generation and your family has one person who holds the power of the legacy. The other members of your family have a connection to the power, but cannot control it in anyway. Once they move away and have been from the mountain for long enough, their connection goes away too. When a legacy holder chooses a spouse, the spouse goes through a special period of time in the mountain where they gain connection with the spirits, this way they can provide offspring that can continue the legacy."
"What is the power that my family gets from the spirits?"
"It depends on the capacity of the chosen successor. A spirit choose a successor after communing with the current legacy holder. Almost always choose individual that holds the greatest potential of power. Some individuals have more capacity to harness the energy than others. There are many different ways that a legholder can use power. No legacy holder has ever been able to harness the power and every way that is possible. Some can harness it in more ways than others some can't harness them very much. Your father lay on the end of the spectrum that couldn't harness them very much."
"Why was that?"
The spirit then went on to tell me the tale of how The legacy holder from my grandfather's generation died, Leaving a weekend line. Then the chosen successor from my father's generation ran away from the legacy, leaving my father to take on the responsibility. He was not meant to hold.
"That is why your father was so weak." "Then if I am the product of a weekend legacy and a non-chosen successor why am I not weak as well?"
The spirit thought for a while before answering my question. "You seem to be an anomaly, an outlier among your bloodline. Honestly I have no clue why you're so strong. Give him what you just said you really shouldn't be."
"Okay."
"Okay? You're just accepting that nobody knows why and that you're just extremely powerful?!?"
"Will not accepting it really change anything? My father's dead, my mother betrayed me, my brothers are who knows where at this point, and I am probably going to die anyways. Is there really a point in worrying about it or trying to find out why so powerful?"
After asking him that question, tears started pouring from my eyes, and I couldn't fake that I was OK any longer. I started to break down. I fell to my knees and covered my eyes with my hands and just started sobbing like a child.
He had asked me why I was acting different than the others. Honestly, I don't know if it was that the energy was reacting to me differently, but I do know I was trying my very hardest to put up a front for myself. I knew the second that I stopped pretending to be strong. I would fall apart and that's exactly what happened.