Auron was right, the walk though Guadosalam took only a couple of minutes, if that! I would have liked to have stoped and stay a while, but it looked as though Auron was in a hurry to drop me off back in Luca and get on with his life. Either that or he just didnt like the Guado. But I was willing to put my bet in for the dumping me off back in Luca.
"ride ze shoopuff?" One of the local hypello's asked me.
I grinned, they were such funny looking creatures, but then again, we proably looked rather strange to them too.I looked to Auron to see if he was ready to board, but he was no longer right behind me. Where could he have gone? He was there just a moment ago!
"Auron?" Puzzled, I looked to the Hypello to apologise. "I'll find him, if you dont mind waiting a couple of moments..."
"Is dont minds..Just be backs before ze shoopuff departsseeses. She'll bes leavings soons.." He informed me. Or was it a she. I honestly couldnt tell. I could only figure that it was male, by the depth of his voice. Of course, I could have been wrong.
"kay, be right back.."
I ran off back down the path that we had come in on, he couldn't be too far. It wasn't very long ago that I glanced back and he was right there! What was he doing, if he didnt show up soon, we could miss the shoopuff!! The path was empty however, except for your usual scurry of animals you normally would find in a wooded area.
"hey little chipmunk...did you see my friend Auron anywhere..." I asked the creature sarcastically. Of course it wasn't going to talk back, but there was little else I could do.
"I'm here..."
I spun around to find Auron climbing out of the woods, branches tangled in his ponty tail and jacket. I remember hiding a grin, but I dont think it must have worked, because Auron barked something at me and limped down the trail towards the shoopuff. Holding my hand up to my mouth I followed, obviously he had run in with a fiend. That part wasnt funny, but he did look as though he went rolling down a hill, or..or something!
I skipped up behind and pulled a twig out of his hair, only to get a dirty look. Geeze, if looks could kill! "sorry...um, shoopuff leaves soon..."
I swallowed hard, afraid of what he was going to say to me. But he didnt say a word, instead he walked all the way to the dock, got on the shoopuff and sat down. his silence is what made me even more afraid. What was he thinking? I'd much rather him yell at me than this! It was just too much.
"um, so...Fiends?" I looked away from him realising that I had to stop asking so many stupid questions.
"what do you think?" He looked up at me, and I couldn't meet his gaze. "I called out to you, but you just kept walking..."
I had to stop and think for a moment, I honestly couldn't remember anyone shouting to me...of course, there was that part of the way that I couldn't stop humming this song that I had made up. It sounded so neat inside my head, that I didnt want to forget it. I wanted to play it on my piano, and write lyrics for it and everything....
"oh.." I guess I gave him a cheesy smile and slumped back in my seat, looking down into the water below.
It was amazing, underneath all this water were the ruins of of city! I remember hearing a story about it. I belive that a long time ago, there was a city built over the water, but it was too heavy and it sunk. Perhaps if machina were allowed, a city could be built over the water.The advances would be great, if only we were allowed to develop them. I didnt agree with weapons, but machina used for construction, I belived could work.
Perhaps there could be another Zanarkand if people could only learn to use machina in a responsible way. How I wanted to be able to see Zanarkand, not the ruins, but the real city. I shook my head at my thoughts, telling myself that I was being silly.
"my former teacher told me that there was a city here once..." Auron leaned over the side of the rail. "That it was so heavy, that it sunk into the depths below.."
"yeah, I know! I heard that story too..." I smiled up at him. "too bad...I would have liked to have seen it...and Zanarkand.."
"you know what happend in Zanarkand...right?" he asked.
"yeah...war.." I sighed. "but it Zanarkand was-"
"If Zanarkand was still around, then Sin would most likely be much worse for us that it is now..." Auron cut me off.
"well, wait a minute..." I retorted. "It was Bevelle that was fighting with Zanarkand! They used machina just as much as Zanarkand did...infact, you still have..." I stoped...I couldn't let him know that I knew of this machina below the temple in Bevelle.
"Bevelle has what?" It looked as though he was going to get up and biff me. Though the startled looks of the other passengers seemed to have calmed him down somewhat. "what does Bevelle have?"
"n..nothing!" I stammered. "I'm just saying, that have you ever thought that sin is around because Bevelle is? I mean, afterall they did fight in the war a thousand years ago..."
"But Bevelle has ceased their old ways...we are forgiven by Yevon, and he now smiles upon us...it cannot be Bevelle thats brining sin back..."
Hmph, I thought. defending Bevelle now, I should have expected it. Did he hate the Al Bhed too?
"what about the Al Bhed?" I asked.
Auron sighed, and appeared to have been thinking about the question I presented before him. After a couple of moments of thought,he finally spoke.
"no, I dont belive its their faught....Perhaps they could be part of the reason, but the rest of us are all guilty for sin as well. We are not perfect. Even without machina, there still will not be peace unless the whole of spira wants it...until then, Sin will come back.."
"So, you are saying...Bevelle is free of sin, and Zanarkand was evil?"
"no.." he paused. At the time I never thought much of this conversation, but it would seem that I was the one, who began to change his point of view that day. It didnt make sense what he was saying. All people are sinners, yet in Bevelle they are forgiven for past and present faults. If machina was the enemy, wouldnt sin only be destroying those who used it, and not innocent peoples?
I was going to say more, but decided to leave it at that. Let Auron think about his teachings. I wasn't totally against Yevon then, but I also knew that some of the teachings were a little wierd.People just never questioned any of it, but my understanding was, why should we follow a religion that we dont quite undertstand?
We reached the otherside of the moonflow in silence, the same was as when we boarded. This time Auron didnt seem so angry with me, he just looked deep in thought. I really didnt want to break his faith, but I also wanted to express my views as well. But it would seem, that for the rest of our journey in each others company, his mind changed all together, about Yevon and the teachings.
"ride ze shoopuff?" One of the local hypello's asked me.
I grinned, they were such funny looking creatures, but then again, we proably looked rather strange to them too.I looked to Auron to see if he was ready to board, but he was no longer right behind me. Where could he have gone? He was there just a moment ago!
"Auron?" Puzzled, I looked to the Hypello to apologise. "I'll find him, if you dont mind waiting a couple of moments..."
"Is dont minds..Just be backs before ze shoopuff departsseeses. She'll bes leavings soons.." He informed me. Or was it a she. I honestly couldnt tell. I could only figure that it was male, by the depth of his voice. Of course, I could have been wrong.
"kay, be right back.."
I ran off back down the path that we had come in on, he couldn't be too far. It wasn't very long ago that I glanced back and he was right there! What was he doing, if he didnt show up soon, we could miss the shoopuff!! The path was empty however, except for your usual scurry of animals you normally would find in a wooded area.
"hey little chipmunk...did you see my friend Auron anywhere..." I asked the creature sarcastically. Of course it wasn't going to talk back, but there was little else I could do.
"I'm here..."
I spun around to find Auron climbing out of the woods, branches tangled in his ponty tail and jacket. I remember hiding a grin, but I dont think it must have worked, because Auron barked something at me and limped down the trail towards the shoopuff. Holding my hand up to my mouth I followed, obviously he had run in with a fiend. That part wasnt funny, but he did look as though he went rolling down a hill, or..or something!
I skipped up behind and pulled a twig out of his hair, only to get a dirty look. Geeze, if looks could kill! "sorry...um, shoopuff leaves soon..."
I swallowed hard, afraid of what he was going to say to me. But he didnt say a word, instead he walked all the way to the dock, got on the shoopuff and sat down. his silence is what made me even more afraid. What was he thinking? I'd much rather him yell at me than this! It was just too much.
"um, so...Fiends?" I looked away from him realising that I had to stop asking so many stupid questions.
"what do you think?" He looked up at me, and I couldn't meet his gaze. "I called out to you, but you just kept walking..."
I had to stop and think for a moment, I honestly couldn't remember anyone shouting to me...of course, there was that part of the way that I couldn't stop humming this song that I had made up. It sounded so neat inside my head, that I didnt want to forget it. I wanted to play it on my piano, and write lyrics for it and everything....
"oh.." I guess I gave him a cheesy smile and slumped back in my seat, looking down into the water below.
It was amazing, underneath all this water were the ruins of of city! I remember hearing a story about it. I belive that a long time ago, there was a city built over the water, but it was too heavy and it sunk. Perhaps if machina were allowed, a city could be built over the water.The advances would be great, if only we were allowed to develop them. I didnt agree with weapons, but machina used for construction, I belived could work.
Perhaps there could be another Zanarkand if people could only learn to use machina in a responsible way. How I wanted to be able to see Zanarkand, not the ruins, but the real city. I shook my head at my thoughts, telling myself that I was being silly.
"my former teacher told me that there was a city here once..." Auron leaned over the side of the rail. "That it was so heavy, that it sunk into the depths below.."
"yeah, I know! I heard that story too..." I smiled up at him. "too bad...I would have liked to have seen it...and Zanarkand.."
"you know what happend in Zanarkand...right?" he asked.
"yeah...war.." I sighed. "but it Zanarkand was-"
"If Zanarkand was still around, then Sin would most likely be much worse for us that it is now..." Auron cut me off.
"well, wait a minute..." I retorted. "It was Bevelle that was fighting with Zanarkand! They used machina just as much as Zanarkand did...infact, you still have..." I stoped...I couldn't let him know that I knew of this machina below the temple in Bevelle.
"Bevelle has what?" It looked as though he was going to get up and biff me. Though the startled looks of the other passengers seemed to have calmed him down somewhat. "what does Bevelle have?"
"n..nothing!" I stammered. "I'm just saying, that have you ever thought that sin is around because Bevelle is? I mean, afterall they did fight in the war a thousand years ago..."
"But Bevelle has ceased their old ways...we are forgiven by Yevon, and he now smiles upon us...it cannot be Bevelle thats brining sin back..."
Hmph, I thought. defending Bevelle now, I should have expected it. Did he hate the Al Bhed too?
"what about the Al Bhed?" I asked.
Auron sighed, and appeared to have been thinking about the question I presented before him. After a couple of moments of thought,he finally spoke.
"no, I dont belive its their faught....Perhaps they could be part of the reason, but the rest of us are all guilty for sin as well. We are not perfect. Even without machina, there still will not be peace unless the whole of spira wants it...until then, Sin will come back.."
"So, you are saying...Bevelle is free of sin, and Zanarkand was evil?"
"no.." he paused. At the time I never thought much of this conversation, but it would seem that I was the one, who began to change his point of view that day. It didnt make sense what he was saying. All people are sinners, yet in Bevelle they are forgiven for past and present faults. If machina was the enemy, wouldnt sin only be destroying those who used it, and not innocent peoples?
I was going to say more, but decided to leave it at that. Let Auron think about his teachings. I wasn't totally against Yevon then, but I also knew that some of the teachings were a little wierd.People just never questioned any of it, but my understanding was, why should we follow a religion that we dont quite undertstand?
We reached the otherside of the moonflow in silence, the same was as when we boarded. This time Auron didnt seem so angry with me, he just looked deep in thought. I really didnt want to break his faith, but I also wanted to express my views as well. But it would seem, that for the rest of our journey in each others company, his mind changed all together, about Yevon and the teachings.