Final Fantasy - The Rhodium Maiden Chronicles 003: A Curse Of Blight

Is becoming harder and harder to find the rivers of life, almost like someone was drinking it all. This time we were lucky: we find a warm place with plenty of space for everybody, but is no surprize because we are a lot less lately. Too many babies born dead each time the ice giant appears. Is like she was a witch, cursing our lands with those totems of blue ice. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it myself. She was big, bigger than the bears, but her skin was like the one of the fishes that shines pretty on the light of the sun, but it was more like she was made of rock, and her eyes were like the burning cinders of a fireplace, but purple, like the sky in the days before the sunrise. I wonder what she is. Perhaps she is a goddess. Perhaps she is cursing us because she wants some food. Next time I see her, I will try to speak with her. Yes, that would do.

But... if more people die, we will have no more women. Perhaps... perhaps I can track down the giant and talk to her before she comes cursing us again! Yes! That would do! But... to do that... I'll have to leave without the rest knowing, otherwise, they will not let me. They need my sight to find the rivers of life, so they will not like if I go. I guess I will have to wait until everybody is sleeping. Yes, that would do. But... I can't leave just like that, is way too cold out there. I hope they don't mind I borrow this fur. I-I promise to give it back as soon as I come back! I swear! And... A-And this bow... with some arrows... eh... I need a means to get some food if the trip gets long, since I don't know where the giant is by now. I-I really hope they don't mind.

I have heard that, to the south, there are people who are very smart, but I have never met them. Perhaps, if I find them, I can ask them to help. Perhaps they know what the giant is. Yes, that would do! ... I miss grandpa, he was so smart, he would definetely know what to do. He even taught me how to see the rivers of life. He said "You are the brightest here, Levari, that's why I teach you", but I still wonder what he meant, since I don't produce much light. Perhaps he was talking about those things he called "metafours" or something like that, but I never understood too well what he meant. Ugh! I'm thinking too much again! I should do as grandpa said... uh... (What did he said?) Ah, yes! .. "Clear-your-mind." ... *sigh* ... yes, that would do.

- Levari, Life-Seer Of The Surviving Hebel Tribes.