Chapter Eleven.

The Barrier of Uncertainty dashes the might of my magic, and boomerangs my desire for her back to me as a blinding storm of lightning.
Ah, such impeccable aim have the gods who forged me, when I was but a young wanderer walking in society's shadow, lost and in possession of a burdened heart and an ignorant mind.
These ruthless blazing arrows pierce the center of my being, with a might that draws me into a state of randomness and confusion.
I gasp for air and fall to my knees, and I am shaken and wounded of mind, spirit, and heart.
Indeed, I had given her all those gifts, while knowing that her young perception of the journey
we share would be my greatest challenge to overcome.
And so I waited and watched my quest for completion as it spiraled upward and downward through the expanse of her inner conflict.
All the while walking under the projected light cast by her...