Hear... Feel... Think...
Mjollnir opened his eyes, blinded by the light of the crystal, floating in darkness as he seemed also to be.
Was he awake?
Hear... Feel... Th...
“What the absolute fuck?” interrupted Mjol.
Warrior of the Light, it is time for your journey to continue... I am Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal.
Mjollnir floated in the nothing, mouth agape, as figures rushed past him, leaving glittering trails that contrasted sharply with the boundless black.
But I sense a disquiet within you...
“Everyone I know is dead, I've been stuck in a repeating nightmare for what seems like an endless amount of time,
I'm talking to a rock, and there are Lalafell and Roegadyn floating, no..
zooming past me as if they were Sylphs who had eaten too many bubble chocolates.
Disquiet is very much all about me!”
Within your soul... It is conflicted... I sense... A Warrior's heart... But frustration... Your heritage impairs your potential...
“
What in the seven hells are you saying, you crazy piece of compressed crud? Do you mean that us Lalafell aren't wilful enough to be warriors? Aren't mighty enough to maraud? Aren't prepared enough to.. to..
pugile??”
It is not that... It is you... If you are to find your destiny, you must leave that part of you behind...
“Leave the Lalafell part of me behind? But that's all of me! Listen, I understand you've probably got a lot to do, but I'm having a
really bad day and I'd appreciate it if you could just... leave me be..?”
It is not all of you... Leave it... Come into the light... The Warrior's heart... Become a Warrior of the Light...
Deep down, Mjol knew this voice, that Echoed round inside his head, was right. For too long he had been underestimated by the folk of Eorzea. They had presumed that, due to his stature and his jolly anecdotes, he was not worthy of the tasks that others could overcome on the front line of battle. He had never been asked along to raid the Aurum Vale, had never faced Good King Moggle Mog XII in combat; never challenged Ifrit or Garuda to prove his prowess. He had never been worthy to quest for the legendary Bravura.
He floated forward into the light...
… and straight through the crystal! Turning in mid-nothingness, shocked, he faced Hydaelyn, which now seemed a lot smaller. Confused, he looked down. What he saw was unfamiliar, and yet so familiar. His frame, that of a Hellsguard, reflected his spirit, his might. The light-hearted jibes, the cheeky quips had no place here. Indeed, what was that meek creature that he could see through the crystal, curled up from whence he had came?
The Lalafell part of you... This is Totomojo... I will send him to a place where he will be safe, to live among the Moogles...
Mjollnir looked again at the tiny, orange-haired creature, who was snoring softly, head resting on its arms resting on.. nothing. He would not miss what he was leaving here today. The weakness, the distraction from combat. He turned and faced the light, to embrace his destiny, and on a trail of Sylph sparkles he was gone – to walk the lands of Eorzea anew. Without getting lost in the grass.
Totomojo yawned and rolled over. Something akin to a chuckle, if an oversized gemstone could chuckle, was heard in the near vicinity. Then Totomojo disappeared with a soft 'pop', wholly unaware of his origins, to live a life far, far away from the entities who had made him, were part of him.