get some sleep. My mind was racing as I tried to drift off. A lot has happened to me and I think most people would have cracked by now. But, I’m not most people. As a matter of fact, there is no one in this world like me. That thought alone is what gives me peace even when my mind is going a hundred miles an hour. I know that under any circumstance, I can come out ahead. I meditated on that concept for awhile. All these different things that have been thrown at me, I’m still here. I haven’t faltered, as a matter of fact, it’s only made me stronger. I took some solace in that fact, and I finally I fell asleep. And it was the best damn sleep I ever had. I slept for at least fourteen hours.
When I got up, it was nighttime. In a way that sounds depressing, but these days, it is all I know. I flipped on the TV and watched some CNN. I was having a hard time figuring out how the remote control and TV worked together. I was really itching to watch a good reality show. Survivor and Hell's Kitchen weren’t exactly in the Romania TV guide. I would just have to wait till I get back to the states to watch my favorite programs.
I watched the news till about midnight. Then I decided it was good time to head over to the courtyard. I transitioned into the eagle and made my way over to the castle. It took only a couple of minutes to get to the castle from my hotel room. When I approached the compound, I circled around the castle and looked down into the courtyard. I saw Goshi, and it appeared he was doing pilates. This creature definitely perplexed me.
I flew down to the courtyard beside where Goshi was warming up, this time I did a better job on my landing.
“Josiah, I almost didn't recognize you without the crash landing.”
“Funny, blue man. Funny.”
“Have you stretched?”
I looked at Goshi and he was going all out in his stretch. I sure as hell never stretched like that, even when I was in MMA.
“No,” I said.
“Well you might want to transition to your Mani form and stretch.”
Huh? I forgot to switch?
I quickly transitioned into my vampire form. “How was I able to speak to you as the eagle?” I asked.
“Josiah, powerful Mani will be able to understand you even when you are the eagle. It isn’t the audible sound that we hear come out of your mouth. It is the voice inside you that gets translated.”
“Was I speaking eagle ?”
“If that is what you would like to call it. It will benefit you to speak eagle at certain times so that you can only be understood by the most powerful Mani.”
I shook my head and looked at Goshi. “I have no idea what I am actually capable of doing.”
“That's why I'm here. I'm your guide to yourself, Josiah.” Goshi’s eyes shifted in a way I didn’t quite trust. It was the first time he had rubbed me the wrong way. He noticed me studying him. “You're curious about me, aren't you?”
I was quiet. I didn't know how to answer. For the first time, this situation gave me an adrenalin rush of fear. I hated fear. But there was something not right about the way Goshi shifted his eyes. There really wasn't much I could do about it if something was off.
I should have died at least five separate times by now, and somehow I was still going strong. I needed to trust my surroundings.
“No,” I said. “I'm not curious. What’s there to be curious about? You’re a little blue man that appeared to me in a dream. You had me travel half way across the world to learn from you. That's what I'm here to do, learn.”
Goshi seemed disappointed that I didn't seem to care who he was or where he might have come from. What he didn’t realize was that I did care; that was not a hand I was prepared to show at this moment in time.
“Let's review some of the punches from yesterday,” Goshi said, and then proceeded to run through all the hand and arm drills we had done the night previously. We reviewed for about an hour then switched over to kicks. Goshi showed me how to
When I got up, it was nighttime. In a way that sounds depressing, but these days, it is all I know. I flipped on the TV and watched some CNN. I was having a hard time figuring out how the remote control and TV worked together. I was really itching to watch a good reality show. Survivor and Hell's Kitchen weren’t exactly in the Romania TV guide. I would just have to wait till I get back to the states to watch my favorite programs.
I watched the news till about midnight. Then I decided it was good time to head over to the courtyard. I transitioned into the eagle and made my way over to the castle. It took only a couple of minutes to get to the castle from my hotel room. When I approached the compound, I circled around the castle and looked down into the courtyard. I saw Goshi, and it appeared he was doing pilates. This creature definitely perplexed me.
I flew down to the courtyard beside where Goshi was warming up, this time I did a better job on my landing.
“Josiah, I almost didn't recognize you without the crash landing.”
“Funny, blue man. Funny.”
“Have you stretched?”
I looked at Goshi and he was going all out in his stretch. I sure as hell never stretched like that, even when I was in MMA.
“No,” I said.
“Well you might want to transition to your Mani form and stretch.”
Huh? I forgot to switch?
I quickly transitioned into my vampire form. “How was I able to speak to you as the eagle?” I asked.
“Josiah, powerful Mani will be able to understand you even when you are the eagle. It isn’t the audible sound that we hear come out of your mouth. It is the voice inside you that gets translated.”
“Was I speaking eagle ?”
“If that is what you would like to call it. It will benefit you to speak eagle at certain times so that you can only be understood by the most powerful Mani.”
I shook my head and looked at Goshi. “I have no idea what I am actually capable of doing.”
“That's why I'm here. I'm your guide to yourself, Josiah.” Goshi’s eyes shifted in a way I didn’t quite trust. It was the first time he had rubbed me the wrong way. He noticed me studying him. “You're curious about me, aren't you?”
I was quiet. I didn't know how to answer. For the first time, this situation gave me an adrenalin rush of fear. I hated fear. But there was something not right about the way Goshi shifted his eyes. There really wasn't much I could do about it if something was off.
I should have died at least five separate times by now, and somehow I was still going strong. I needed to trust my surroundings.
“No,” I said. “I'm not curious. What’s there to be curious about? You’re a little blue man that appeared to me in a dream. You had me travel half way across the world to learn from you. That's what I'm here to do, learn.”
Goshi seemed disappointed that I didn't seem to care who he was or where he might have come from. What he didn’t realize was that I did care; that was not a hand I was prepared to show at this moment in time.
“Let's review some of the punches from yesterday,” Goshi said, and then proceeded to run through all the hand and arm drills we had done the night previously. We reviewed for about an hour then switched over to kicks. Goshi showed me how to
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