The tree felt Gnigit Summerstar walk away into the distance wall Natalia Springbrook found a place to settle down for a long conversation. Deciding to start slow the tree asked a question that was near and dear to his current life before broaching the interesting topics.

“Before we begin I have a question that is important to me but merely a whimsical start to are conversation. ARE MY SEEDS VALUABLE.” the tree watched the female elf grow uncomfortable with his question before answering

“no the seeds of a cotton pine are not valuable wall the floating cotton of a cotton pine is one of the softest things in the world it deteriorates to fast to actually bee useful” wall the tree was milling that over the elf continued. “I have heard that some tribes use the seeds as a contraceptive in some way but I do not know how” that sounded promising to the tree but he got a feeling that after they where done with the seed it would not be suitable for planting “I now that my brother loves using the cotton pine is as a soft lumber for chairs and houses.” the tree having no objection to having his body used for such after he was dead decided to move on.

“If I was going to ask you to teach me magic would we need to do” asked the tree hoping it would be something simple.

“For now I would like to ask you some questions wall using a divination to get true answers” conveyed Natalia with some trepidation. This made the tree curios and excited wall the human perspective was apprehensive.

“WHY” the single concept seemed to make Natalia stop as if she did not even think I would think about saying no.

“I would like to know what kind of magic I should try to teach you. Learning magic is a long and sometimes painful process. If the person trying to learn a particular school of magic does not have the need desire and perspective required than that person will never do anything no matter how hard they work. One exception being when someone hue can cast magic is trying to coon someone by grafting there ability to cast magic onto someone else temperately.” The human felt like he had just asked a nerd about his favorite subject

“ but that is not important rite now. later you will need to decide on your focus after you have learned a few spells a focus is a mental construct of your goal and the path you want to take in order to acquire power. There are any number of philosophies on what makes a good path” The tree learning what a nerd was from the human perspective decided that he would not get any where if he did not find a way to get her to stop talking and allow him to control the topic of discussion.

“I except your request to use divination magic if I can ask you some questions as well.” the sudden statement halted Natalia’s lecture so she could take in what he communicated.

“Yes that works my focus has to do with all encompassing so that maces it simpler for me.” affirmed Natalia as her focus went else where until the tree felt a root form between himself and Natalia. Going beyond the trees perception.

“It is done you ask the first question.” the tree considered the question the human did not.

“What color are your panties.”

“I have always gone commando.” the tree and Natalia were left in confusion wail the human perspective was laughing his guts out.

“How is I am not wearing any a lie?” grumbled the elf to herself.

“The question I asked was not what color is the panties you are wearing but what color are your panties” and now the tree knew that any question asked would be answered.

“Hay that was not the question I wanted to ask so it is still my turn. What was the ability that contributed the most to your survival in your last life?”

“The ability to eat my own cooking.” the human perspective could have sworn it was his ability to invest well in the stock market. The tree deciding it was time to get back on track asked.

“What is the name of the energies involved in magic?”

“Mana, Essence, Life-force and death-touch.” he could feel satisfaction coming from Natalia like the cat that cot the mouse.

“Was your last incarnation of pure stock?”

“No.” god no he was not into incest and he had no royal blood to keep pure any ways.

“Does this truth spell make it so that you answer the question that you are asked, not the question you thought was asked?”

“Yes.” the tree was vary happy with this now he could ask more direct question about magic.

“What is the relationship between the races of your ancestry and are there any god given commands on the your races of your blood line that where active during our life time?”

“the sons of the sky looked upon the gardeners daughters and took some to there home. And giants walked the garden. but the giants became greedy and in there greed destroyed the garden. When the master fond his garden destroyed he sentence the giants to drowning but having mercy gave instructions that only those who where loyal would hear when the master returned he found only one man had fallowed his instructions and saved his family. And so the master said go have children for there will be needed to tend my fields.” what the heck

“why it that important?” asked the tree

“Any commands given by a god on a speacies can chainge every thing about it as whell as what magic that race can comprehend.” why would that question bring out that answer and is this a strange rendition of the story of the great flood. Before the tree could communicate his doubts Natalia asked her next question.

“What where you expecting to happen to your soul when you died?”

“If My mother was right I would go to the Masters Garden or the pit of pain and if my dad was current the soul did not exist.” Thinking about it the the tree decided that he did not care about where he did or did not go he was a tree now so it was time to get to what is important now magic.

“What is mana?”

“Mana is a conglomerate particle that consisting of world energy, essence, and a world rule.” it would take some time to ask all of the question that answer raised.

“You did not have magic in your past life did you?”

“There where legends and story’s and history's but the knowledge of magic was lost to the common people me included.” he would not have been able to tell her what was history and was was story but it was time for the tree’s next question.

“What is Essence?”

“Essence is the particle that interacts between the soul and the physical world.” well at least essence is simple.

“what was the power of the people of your civilization?”

“The Dwarfen hypothesis that world laws are stable when not tangled with essence is correct measurable and interact able with physical objects.” cool there are also dwarfs that is good to now and so cool now I want a katana forged by a dwarf not that I can use one right now a magic.

“What is Life-force?”

“Life-force is one of the most common forms of world energy along with Death-touch love and wrath and the other grate emotions Life-force is only formed when something is born or made.” well that saves me asking about death-touch I can guess it has to do with things dying.

“Were did you get the energy to interact with world laws without essence?” asked Natalia with incredulity

“The interaction of the World laws of motion and power. Motion, all things in motion stay in motion until acted upon by an outside force. Power, was short handed to energy equals mass times acceleration times acceleration with the rest of the law of power being ignored until changed.” and that is a question I do not half to ask

“That is just cheating just blatant cheating.” yelled Natalia at the top of her lungs with such indignation and rage that many of the birds that were flirting in the trees stopped there conversations to stare at the silly elf.

Organt Springbrook decided he was in a mood today. one the one hand he was told to go tend to his wife. On the other he was told to tend to his wife wall she had to teach a tree how to think for itself. He had been told stories about how teaching a tree how to think has changed people made them slow an ignore the world except what is currently important to them things like that.

That all came back to the reason for his mood he needed to allow his wife to do her task as fast as possible wall still keeping him in her mind so that she still wants to love this little old essence stupid man as her husband after she comes back from teaching her pupal. Some times he wished his heart had heard the words his mother had told him so long ago when he finally came to the conclusion he was not going to interact with the worlds laws on his own terms.

“Son get hitched with a girl with the same amount of talent as you. So that you will not be afraid that she will leave you for a better man the rest of your life.” wall the mind knows its duty the heart has a mind of its own and will only be happy with its own unmitigated choice. As Organt quoted his mother he walked over a hid a way bridge. They had a different name once such bridges are all over the elfin woods in the places that do not see much traffic treated wood plated in gold in order to prevent the weather and time from destroying the bridge wall it is unattended for years. Such places always made a good place to woo the heart of a girl. Not that he would have a chance at that again he had given Natalia every thing he could give that he could to bring her home as his wife.

“So that was the last bridge now which little hill is hiding my wife?”

“I still thing that it is cheating you cant call on a world law and just ignore most of it because it is not relevant.” grumbled Natalia beautiful voice. “That one.” said Organt pointing at the offending mound as he turned to saunter over it get to his wife.

Seeing his wife deep in the almost meditative state required to talk to most trees Organt decided to do what he always does. Since its not like the tree is going to object to flirting it cant hear or see. He does the little dance of his that he knows his wife listens for when he is around and wants her so that he can get without disturbing and then when he is close enough he reaches out and caresses her ears. After she rolls in to the touch he moves his hands down her neck then over her arms to her elbows from her elbows to her hips from there he lifted her up and than stat down where she was sitting than letting Natalia down putting her on his lap. The hole thing not even tacking him ten seconds.

Seeing that she has not been disturbed he sneaks his hand to the places she always wants him to tease and whisperer with his chin on her left shoulder. “Na Na what yea doing.” Natalia lets out groan before tuning to him giving him a deep kiss where she takes the chance to equalize there mana before ending the kiss. Looking him in the eyes she sais

“falling in love with you.” recognizing when his wife is using truth magic he asks what her current problem is. he wanted to be involved in what she was doing he did not even bother listening to how he asked.

“This tree has awakened a consciousness by remembering its past life and believing that its consciousness is unstable and is asking for help.”

“well then why did the tree think he was unstable.”

“I did not ask that yet.” sometimes he wondered how his lovely wife could get so cot up in her research that she forgets what she should be doing.

“the Sunning tree now has a need to live learn and to find a goal to work towards but cant with the abilities of a tree.”

“that’s easy teach the tree a battery of skrying spells and be done with it let the tree explore on its own.”

“husband trees cant use skrying spells they half to be able to see in order to use it.”

“Wife a mage that was blinded can use a skrying spell to see and if this tree remembers how to see than it should have the ability to too.” Natalia’s eyes glazed over but before he could get comfortable to wait, her hand reached out and grabbing Organt head and pulling him into a long passionate kiss.

“Thank you Organt, you are a genius and I love you.”

“O,K, O,K, I love you to.” said Organt now he just had to figure out how he made her so happy. So he could do it again.