Sometimes you have to have everything taken away from you to understand what you really have.
Spent much of the night with a thing I thought was gone forever, only to find it has been waiting for my understanding to catch up with me before being revealed once more.
Was interrupted briefly by a messenger bearing a letter from one Señor Garcia. “I haven’t forgotten, and I see neither have you. We will meet again, soon.” The implications made me happy, even as I tightened down the screws on Elpis’ prison.
The night ended with discussion on what to do with that thing. Just because my understanding is within a country mile of the thing doesn’t mean I know what to do with it. My practices have evolved without it. It’s the cat in the house. A comfort to have, soothing to touch, but in the way at critical moments and constantly demanding attention I don’t always have time to give.