[.. but then he swiftly recovered. Bowing his head and closing his eyes.]
It isn't an unusual question and I have no qualms relating it.
[Though it certainly was significant and emotional for him]
In another life, I was known by an entirely different name. [Doesn't mention the name as it's been completely thrown away] I was a member of the brahman caste in India, one of the highest that had the privelage of serving the Gods. I took my position for granted. I witnessed other members of the caste abusing this power they had over others.. and as much as I despised it and tried to rebel against it..
I became just like them.
[Agni paused to collect his thoughts]
I committed a number of atrocities, I hurt others.. without regard for their own well being. I-- I was a deplorable person. It was on the day I was supposed to be executed that I met my master...
[That was when he finally looked up, reverently so]
He stood out from all the others, as if surrounded by a divine aura and he demanded they stop the proceedings. Having heard of my martial arts abilities he asked me to throw away my past and become his servant. I-- I couldn't say no.
My master-- has such a capacity for mercy and forgiveness..
He gave me a new name and essentially a new life. I can never fully repay him for the debt I owe him. I would do anything for him.
[He hopes the story of his past will not be offputting for Joluk, but it is a tale that must be told. Hiding his past would not change the fact that it had occurred. He also had refrained from implicating how his own father had been one of those deviant nobles... not wanting to shift the blame. His past was his own doing and no one else's.]
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It isn't an unusual question and I have no qualms relating it.
[Though it certainly was significant and emotional for him]
In another life, I was known by an entirely different name. [Doesn't mention the name as it's been completely thrown away] I was a member of the brahman caste in India, one of the highest that had the privelage of serving the Gods. I took my position for granted. I witnessed other members of the caste abusing this power they had over others.. and as much as I despised it and tried to rebel against it..
I became just like them.
[Agni paused to collect his thoughts]
I committed a number of atrocities, I hurt others.. without regard for their own well being. I-- I was a deplorable person. It was on the day I was supposed to be executed that I met my master...
[That was when he finally looked up, reverently so]
He stood out from all the others, as if surrounded by a divine aura and he demanded they stop the proceedings. Having heard of my martial arts abilities he asked me to throw away my past and become his servant. I-- I couldn't say no.
My master-- has such a capacity for mercy and forgiveness..
He gave me a new name and essentially a new life. I can never fully repay him for the debt I owe him. I would do anything for him.
[He hopes the story of his past will not be offputting for Joluk, but it is a tale that must be told. Hiding his past would not change the fact that it had occurred. He also had refrained from implicating how his own father had been one of those deviant nobles... not wanting to shift the blame. His past was his own doing and no one else's.]