章 359: Family secrets

Nefretiri

"I still don't understand," Even as I said it, I knew I wasn't telling her the whole truth. I understood some of it, but it didn't feel like it was me. "Humans, are Shurakai and Ge'llin too?"

"Yes and no," Maddy shrugged with a smile. "We're discussing fundamental concepts. It's enough to destroy a human mind. So to put it as simply as possible. We are... the raw material."

"I..." I stop myself before I say that I don't get it because, for a brief moment, I see myself explaining this to someone. I look like me, but I don't at the same time. I don't recognize who I'm talking to either. "Ge'llin and Shurakai help form the souls of others. That's why we're always reborn as the same thing, but how am I a wolf and a snake?"

"Our core will never change, but that doesn't mean we don't evolve. Even Shurakai do, though many don't believe it. Kali? Kama and Sati? They are all still you. They are all part of your soul. Like branches of a tree."