"True, but i'm of a perspective where I am this woman you see before you. With memories, and visions of other forms and existences. I would say I am disadvantaged in the perceptions of a "human" more so then you or thomas. Thats why hes important he remembers being Maltese. Thier culture their way of life is something Ive come to enjoy... but I cannot be apart of it."
She realized she was getting off rail.
"The only real Point. And ill put it squarely in terms understood. Is that while you know you've been psychologically altered A psionic purge or adjustment like you've undergone couldn't have been done without at least the seeds of those prejudices having already been there. Humans have a subconscious parasite called the Ego. Nomads don't.. but there is a similarity a prejudicial precedent that does exist within all of them because of the hive. Not the same but both are dealt with the same... Simply by keeping a small birth of space between belief and the emotions those beliefs give you. Self observation. Which for a human is easy to practice.. they meditate.. Nomads don't meditate and cannot thier always wired in the mental state their form provides which would be a ship, vessel, or a corporeal form if their advanced.. "
and to get to the point.
"Im sure orin will recommend a few therapies you may not want to try... I understand Cardamine is a terrible noose, and we don't work diligently to convince others that it cant be. But everyone here uses it ritually to help turn them into who they want to be. Even those who abused it as a drug have had great success bringing peace to their lives and getting a move on with what they've wished to do. And I know you have plans and goals that you hold important. but I would say try and consider it... because the methods we have otherwise would be no different then what was done."
Thomas was walking up from the field in a new robe that looked like everyone elses.
"Orin has results. So I think we should look at what we found out in more secluded surroundings."
Satrina nodded. "Im tired. We will meet again im sure."
