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Macey nodded, remembering how surprised she was when Luch had first appeared in her human form. As a mouse, she didn't have a defined gender, but if Macey'd had to choose back then, she'd said it was a male mouse.
"Luch shows itself as whatever it wants to be. It must be in a feminine mood at the moment, or maybe it didn't want to look like competition to your husbands."
"Wait, they're not my husbands," Macey interrupted. "We're not married. I only met them... well, not long ago."
"Oh, I'm sorry, sometimes it's hard to keep the present and future apart." The man cleared his throat uncomfortably. "Although we see many futures, and only one of them will come to pass."
"So, you can see a future where I'm married to my men?" Macey asked, wide-eyed.
"Yes, in several of them. The ones in which you win."
Macey smiled grimly. "How do I win? Who do I need to fight?"
"That will very much depend on the path you choose to take," the man answered.
"Helpful," Macey muttered. Even though this was a dream, and there'd be no way of hiding her thoughts and feelings.
"I know. I remember being in your position. Nothing seems to help, and everything seems to get more complicated by the minute."
"You can say that again," Macey said darkly.
"Though I'll admit, I only had one man to deal with, rather than three." The man chuckled to himself. "You really did make things that bit more complicated for yourself."
"They're the least complicated bit," she protested. "With them I know where I stand. They love me, I love them," she admitted, before realising it was the first time she'd ever said it out loud. She'd tell them about it later though. Right in the middle of the most st
ressful situation of their entire lives.
"I'm glad to hear it. I remember that feeling too." He glanced over his shoulder, and back towards where the other past Wardens were seated.
"Is this place we’re in somewhere us Wardens need to go?" Macey asked.
"No. This isn't really a place as such. More an echo of what is past. The thrones do exist. But they existed where we needed them to and will exist where and when you need them too."
"So, they'll just appear?" That should have surprised her. Or freaked her out. Or something, but it'd had gotten to the point where nothing was surprising her.
"I assume so. They did for us."
"But aren't you just human?" she blurted out, remembering something Malan had said.
"Yes. And I believe that's where the world has been going wrong. With the exception of Air, all any of us have ever been is human. It came as even more of a shock to us than it did to you."
"I must admit, finding shifters along the way hasn't been the weird bit."
"Exactly." The man looked off into the distance. "The road ahead is tough, Macey. You need to be prepared."
"Can you help me?" she asked hopefully.
"No, I don't believe so. The trials you have to face are too shrouded in mystery for anyone to see. Even prophets such as Malan and Fedelm will struggle to see your true path. There are so many you could take. In some, your battle is internal. A battle for yourself so to speak. In others, the war encompasses all manner of beings. And the people you've befriended along the way, are those that will aid you here."
"So, what you're saying is that anything could happen to me?"
"Pretty much." The man shrugged. "But I suspect the truth lies somewhere between there. You will have mental battles to face. Mahoun is trying to stop the prophecy coming to pass, though what's in it for him, is beyond anything I know. On paper, he has nothing to gain from the Staran dying. Nor from the things that would die after that."
"Because there's far more at risk than just our way of travelling?" she clarified.
"The whole world is at risk. Everything. Each type of magical being, every way of life. Even the humans are in danger."
"Got it. If I fail, everything will die. The world will implode. Nowhere will be left untouched."
