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The Books of Oyja III: Leik and leiksChapter 5 Answers
I felt light as we entered the leik. I was glad that we were going on our course again. I looked over at Jash and smiled. We both reached out our minds to sense if Shadow was near us, but we couldn’t pick up anything. “That means we must be extra careful.” Jash told me and I nodded. “Just because we have a break now doesn’t mean we will always have one.”
I looked around the leik. “But how to control it more so it doesn’t happen so forcefully next time?” I asked and she shrugged. We couldn’t fully control the leiks, only Tas could do that. Only Tas on her wondrous thrown in Leik, the center of all. But Jash and I could control the leiks enough so that we could ride another of Shadow’s attacks.
“But favor can be gained from Tas.” Jash said. “If we pray to her with enough strength, she may yet help us. Tas is almighty but can, on occasion, take pity on a follower.”
“Jash, we are not as high ranked as Shadow. We angered the Dark Lord of the Night and I doubt that will bring Tas’ favor to us.” I replied. “Doesn’t it seem foolish to you?”
“So was helping a poor hermit find its place in the world.” She said. “The point is that we must look at all the options and not just the apparent ones.”
“I think that maybe finding out to harden leiks would help.” I said and started to move my hand towards the wall and pulled it away before it went too far. “It would be VERY daring but it could work.”
Jash looked at me in a thoughtful glance. “That would take the talent of a true master, Oyja, and a master you are not. I can’t even harden a leik.” She said and then looked down. “But thought is what counts here and that’s the only thing that matters.”
The leiks seemed to glow with an inner light. A rush of angel-like beings flew through and then quickly left. Nomers, no doubt, and silver-wings at that: the silver-wings were known to deal in the darkness, the darkness that was the Dark Lord of the Night.
“A nomer,” Jash said. “A friend that is good to have, one that lives in the leiks.” I nodded in agreement. A nomer would be perfect against Shadow in the leiks. With a signal from her, I put my mind in hers and called out for a nomer. Two red-wings appeared for our use.
Nomers are creatures that live on two instincts: travel and sex. Luckily both were human nomers and wouldn’t be attracted to Jash. If they were, they would soon die, no matter what there powers were. They looked at both of us and nodded. “You have called.” The male said. “We are here to answer.”
“I see you follow a strict code.” I said. “We need help navigating the leiks.”
The male looked at the female and laughed. “That is such a simple thing. Do you have any trouble with an enemy? For that seems more worthy of our powers.” He said.
Jash nodded as the male started looking at her. “Yes, we are being chased by Shadow.”
The male and female stared at us. “But he’s next to the Dark Lord of the Night in strength, we wouldn’t dare face him.” They said.
“We do not need you to fight him, just for you to teach us some secrets of the leiks.” I said. “We need to know how to survive an attack.”
The male looked at us and bowed. “My name is Mian and my partner here is Sinowa. We would be happy to show you some of the secrets.” He said. “But first we need to know why the Great Jash doesn’t already know.”
“I have forgotten.” Jash said. “It has been a long time since I have been attacked in the leiks. Usually people avoid me.”
“One should not let memories pass.” Sinowa replied. “For one day the smallest clue could save you.”
With that Jash and I spent an hour or so with Mian and Sinowa. Jash kept on going ‘Ah!’ to many things that she had not thought about. Mian and Sinowa both tried to hit on us, as was the nomer way. There was no commitment in nomer society, none at all. The best one could hope for was a long relationship.
“So, you must get lonely with just Jash.” Sinowa said to me. “It must be boring to have only one person.”
“I love Jash very much.” I replied to her. “I will not cheat on her.”
“No, it’s not cheating.” She replied. “Just have a taste of me.” Before she could do anything else, I held out my hands and let orange lightning crawl along it.
Mian was having similar reactions with Jash. I smiled inwardly. “You may go now.” Jash said. “Go now and do what you will, don’t bother us now.”
Mian and Sinowa bowed and went away, but I could sense some anger from them. I doubted we had seen the last of them, they would want payment later.
“Do not worry.” Jash said. “For they are nomers, their true powers lie in the leiks. Do not fear.”
I laughed at her. “I just think those are enemies to be feared, and for good reason. They can time travel easily. Those people should not be dismissed so easily.” I replied.
Jash shook her head. “But, my love, there is something you should know.” She looked straight into my eyes. “There are many things here and we have others to worry about. If they came after us then it would only mean that someone else sent them.”
I knew what she meant. That it was only by force nomers did anything. They preferred to travel and have sex; other things were just a distraction and were to be avoided.
Author’s Note: This was good, introducing the nomer. They have been in my mind for awhile. I got the name ‘nomer’ from ‘misnomer’ which describes the nomer.
