you look into the fire, hear it whisper

speaking of the soul that is being created

and you anwser with a question.

"What is her name?"

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She will be a burning soul

she will strike like a viper

she will watch like a buzzard

she will be loyal like a wasp

she will be sharp like a needle

she wil be sly like a vixen

or she will be storming.

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Who knows, in the future, she might even be grim.

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So you tell me, what is her name?

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"What will she be like?"

She will have a tongue of silver

move through the shadows like a fiend

be as beefed up as a wolf

and walk through dreams.

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"Who will she be with?"

She will be close to both the dawn's star and the slyness of the shadowy tigers, seeking out both for advice, teachings, and tales of what has passed, but might eventually walk closer with one of them than with the other.

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"Who will teach her?"

The dawn

the shadows

the tigers

the past and the present

the dead and the living

the whole

and a single mentor.

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"What will she do?"

She will walk through dreams from an early age

where she will seek out information from the cats of rivers, thunder and windy moor as much as she seeks from the shadows

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she will reach warriorhood early, and strive to prove her worth 

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she will learn to best foxes and badgers as well as other cats

all to bring her parents worthy gifts.

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