No Filter (EA, D11)

[Ongaku no Ryoko]

"Perhaps so... I think mine may be tied, in part, to a vision I had... an encounter with the past."

She shrugged. "That is only a guess, however... more importantly, you say your own gift came during a slide at a mine? How did that come about? Do you mind sharing the tale?"

[Kyosei of the Isawa]

"We were mining, the ten of us, in the furthest in section. There was an earthquake, and the ceiling began to fall. Some of the others were able to shove over a wooden beam, then it hit. Darkness, and I could feel my blood pouring out of my body. A few others called out, or cried, or whimpered, but as the time passed, the number dropped. Then, I felt a touch. A voice I could barely hear, in my head. I talked to it, pled with it. Screamed at it, begged it. And, after hours, a hole opened. Unnaturally round, barely big enough for my shoulders. Three of us crawled out of there. And I was later to find out it was an Earth spirit. One that became curious why, after giving it my blood, I did not ask it of anything. Eventually, of course, it understood my begging, and opened the hole. And Master Ouno took me on as a student. But, since that time, I have been able to speak with Earth spirits. Perhaps they have taken all the blood I needed for my life in that instance?"