Days with Rin

~ I didn't understand what had happened that day. Once I got to my extended family known as Rin I knew that I was in a totally different environment. Rin never told me why I was staying with him, but he was always honest about anything else. Rin was the father that was always there, even when he died. ~

It was a cold day outside of the Shrine, and my job was to sweep the floor the trees in the forest were swaying like the waves in the ocean. The air smelled fresh and Rin taught me that meant that it was going to rain. I had stopped to looked at the scenery I was always fascinated with squirrels but there where none on this planet. They had animals that shared qualities of the of small bears that were extinct on earth. They were dark brown like my hair and there eyes were green like mine, so they are my favorite animals to look at. Suddenly it began to thunderstorm, but it wasn't like on earth when they just go by within a few hours, they last for months! I ran to the temple so I could get dry, but Rin told me to finish my work.

~I was thinking are you crazy because it's 29 degrees and I could see the mist while I was breathing ~

" If you wouldn't have been sitting around all day you could eat this chicken and rice, but since your stopped you have two choices to come in here and eat or finish your work" Rin just waited for an answer while I was freezing my long ponytail off!

Being the wise man that I was at the age of 12 I decided to eat the food then finish work in the temple for then on. ~ That's what I thought! ~

On that same day I got my hair cut to short and bushy, my ponytail was gone. I had double duty for my chores as long as I stayed with him. Soon as I got through eating had to clean the entire area until the rain season ended.