She tuned "Crescent Alpha," speaking straight to me. "Your legacy is not yet complete even though it has been carved in the pages of time. Your challenge is the Moon. You have to face the shadows within as well as the darkness outside to show your value.
Her comments connected strongly with me and sent up mixed emotions of astonishment and anxiety. This ordeal would push me to confront my deepest worries, doubts, and regrets, thereby testing not just of physical strength but also of the very core of my spirit.
As the ethereal apparition disappeared, I stepped before the mirror-like pool and found just my image. The river shimmered, and down into its depths I saw pictures not really my own. Soldiers long dead glanced back at me from sad and determined eyes. In the meditation, I saw not only my own face but also the ghostly form of a girl who had previously questioned her fate and who had silently grieved over too many losses.
