A very good morning I do wish unto you, my dear reader...
A very good morning indeed.
Why...
...
Hmmm?
Well, most certainly you would be concerned about that of all things.
However, yes and indeed.
I am a bird.
Well, to be more...
...
Hmmm?
Yes, yes...
With feathers and all the like.
You need not start several an argument over it.
Indeed.
...
Hmmm?
Talking birds, you say?
Why, the very thing...
Oh, ho, ho, ho...
That is not a real thing, I should say.
Indeed.
Truly, I say unto you, my dear reader, truly...
Talking birds...
My word...
A most strange thing, I should say.
Why, they do fail to exist in this world...
Well, I do suppose there are those that do "talk"...
However, those are simply the geist birds...
Hmmm?
Why, they find themselves to be a strange sort...
One the very likes of which are known to copy the sounds of the creatures about them...
Hanging around in groups as they usually do...
Copying their every word.
Yes...
...
Hmmm?
Indeed...
Much like the Walking Talking Thomas Cat.
Yes.
Much like the very beast...
Merely mimicking...
Never saying...
'Tis simply in their nature, one would say.
Indeed.
Why, 'tis said if one was ever to hear, all the while lost in a forest or swamp or grassland...
The very laughter in boughs of a happy troop of men...
Why, 'tis then that one should consider turning away...
For, truly, I say...
The very birds are not of those that do not eat meat.
And thereof, yes...
They, much like the very cat, do wait around in groups...
All for the very fools unlucky enough to fall for its whims...
And also, much like the cat...
Indeed...
Do they all, as one...
The very pack that they are...
Strike their foe down, ending him, with little to know mercy...
Pecking their prey to death.
Yes.
Why, in some nations are they referred to as laughing birds.
...
Hmmm?
Oh, really?
Why, you would assume that I bear an appearance as that foul feathered creature?
Truly, I say...
Why, the very disrespect such a statement holds...
Nay.
I look only as similar to that beast as a bird does to another bird...
Indeed.
...
Hmmm?
What kind of bird, you say?
Why, I shall leave that question for another time.
Yes...
...
Hmmm?
Oh, come now...
It shan't be long now...
Why, in a very short set of books, shall it be fully impossible to hide who I am from you.
Indeed.
Why...
Hmmm...
No...
Mayhaps a bit longer than just a short set.
But still, why...
Would I argue that it shall become more and more obvious to you as time goes on.
Indeed.
...
Hmmm?
Why, how astute of you.
Indeed.
I do only take the form of a bird.
Why, should I require to, can I also take the form of a man.
Indeed.
...
Hmmm?
A shapeshifter?
Truly, with all these questions, I say...
Why, did I not tell you that a great many chapters would be required to tell you everything of my person?
Why, the very tales of where I come from...
The very tales of how I came to meet the young lad...
Indeed...
How our very destinies became intertwined...
Yes...
That all, I say...
Indeed...
'Twould take a great many chapters...
Even so, I suppose I could start now...
...
Hmmm?
Well, yes, of course you would prefer that.
Indeed.
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All these questions make your intentions fully obvious.
Yes...
Even so, would I rather not...
Why, I did almost drop a most precarious hint about who I am...
Well, I suppose it still would leave a several list of questions unanswered...
Yes...
Well, I shall satisfy your curiosity, I suppose...
Why, the very state of things, I should say...
Indeed.
Ahem...
Do recall your earlier guesses and the very name I hold, my dear reader...
However and before that, do consider this...
Well, and thereof also, do understand...
Hmmm...
Ah, yes...
I do suppose that your day is as cold and unforgiving as always?
...
Hmmm?
Indeed.
'Twould make the most sense, I would say...
Even so, as I was saying...
The very state of things, ah, yes...
The very, "who on this world is the one who tells you all these things?" question you are giving me, dear reader...
Indeed.
The very question.
And thereof, do I get started.
Ahem.
Do recall my name, my dear reader...
My name is Fin.
Yes.
Fin.
Well, I do suppose that I only allow those who are close to me to call me that...
As well as those superior to me...
And thereof, are my Masters, the very ones who work over and besides me...
Theo and Luna...
Indeed.
The very Theo and Luna.
Masters of their kingdom, and of their element, and my masters...
Who I do serve with the very greatest of honours.
Indeed.
They both, Theo, a very headstrong man, why...
He may well seem a stubborn brute, but not to worry...
He manages to be a better thinker and also, a better contemplator than many have considered him to be.
Why, he fails to lose his temper even in the most trying of times.
However, fail to be fooled, why...
When he does lose this temper of his, I do truly assure you...
Many terrible things follow...
Yes...
The very sort that could be compared to the very cataclysmic events...
That could destroy an entire nation...
Indeed.
Fail to underestimate my master Theo.
Even so, is my mistress Luna the very same.
Why, is she a most beautiful woman, the very likes of which carries about her a most gentle and forgiving heart.
Why, have I never before met a more endearing woman in all my days.
Yes...
The very kindness of her heart.
It does follow through with no bounds.
Indeed.
Forgiving to the letter, why...
Have I never seen one like her.
And thereof, do fail to be fooled in this, my dear reader...
For even so, as she fails to meet my master Theo in terms of power and sheer power, why...
A great many spells does she know...
A very great many, to the very form that she may use all sorts of magics of fire to destroy her enemies.
Indeed.
Even and so, must I say...
Do I find myself to be something of a butler to this very King and Queen...
Yes...
...
Hmmm?
Indeed.
They both manage to be the King and Queen of the Kingdom they rule.
Yes...
And even so, do they rule it with the very utmost of certainties and scrutinies.
Yes.
And lastly, I do believe this is where your question lies.
Indeed.
'Tis I.
For I am the lowly yet "held up high" butler of them both.
Indeed.
Should my Master or Mistress require something of the sort...
Be well assured, I shall rush out of whatever contraption I find myself in, and rescue them from that situation...
Indeed.
Why, in their kindness are the very pair much better people than I.
For, truly...
Would they both, without even so much as a second thought, come to my aid and rescue...
Should the same occur to me.
Indeed.
Why, the very pair of them, I should say...
Indeed.
'Tis most unheard of in the human world, I would argue...
However, they do treat me almost as though...
Nay, even so, as though their equal...
While their power far outreaches my own...
Indeed.
Well, I do suppose that the very flames that come from me are far faster than theirs...
But that is it and that.
Yes.
Their greatness surpasses mine and thereof, am I proud to be in their service.
Indeed.
And so, there we are...
The very three of us...
Theo, Luna and Fin...
Indeed.
Why, I should say this, all things considered...
But they both do take the typification...
Of yet another animal that cleans itself...
...
Hmmm?
Why, I do suppose that that should explain things fully...
Why, do consider this, my dear reader...
For, who exactly do you believe I am talking...
Hmmm...
Nay, rather what...
What do you think I am talking about?
...
Hmmm?
Yes...
Indeed.
You do have it right, my dear reader...
You do indeed have it right.
A cat...
Well, I do suppose that they are not as simplistic as cats, I would say...
Why, they are a type of cat, surely...
However, not considering the many things of their appearance...
Why, indeed...
Are they both cats...
Yes...
Theo of the red raging flame...
Luna of the mysterious blue flame...
And I, Fin, of the blitzing sparks...
Yes.
We all, the very three of us...
Are the very ones of the flame...
Yes.
...
Hmmm?
A lot, you say?
A lot of information?
Why, did I not warn you many a time ago?
Indeed.
Why, fully explaining who I am would take a long time...
Yes...
...
Hmmm?
More?
Why, do imagine that you now find yourself lost and confused, my dear reader?
Why, I shall give you a simple test for example...
What is my master Theo most profoundly good at, all things considered?
...
Hmmm?
Well, you do have it correct, yes...
Even so, do I still maintain my position here...
That the very things I am telling you make little to no sense...
To one who is still a ways and a way from understanding the whole tale...
...
Hmmm?
You insist?
Well, I do suppose I may well dabble along for a bit...
Yes...
Ahem...
We of the flame...
The very three of us, why...
King, Queen and butler...
Are not the only ones who find themselves of this role...
Yes...
Why, there are the three of water...
The three of wind...
The three of earth...
Even so, a three for every one of the very most basic of elements...
Yes...
A very one for every one of them.
And even so, ...
...
Hmmm?
Our role?
Oh, my...
Now that, my dear reader...
'Tis a very, very long story...
Truly, I say unto you, dear reader, truly...
Had it been shorter, would I have bothered myself to tell you...
However, must I say...
That explaining that all would take a very, very long time...
Truly, I say...
Truly...
...
Hmmm?
To try, you say?
Oh, no...
That, I say...
Too much.
However, I may as well tell you this...
Indeed.
That the very order of things requires...
That in every generation...
We should find ourselves partnered with a human.
Indeed.
In the very previous generation was it my mistress Luna...
Before that, the very one was my master Theo...
And of the very same, why...
Is it now me and myself...
Yes...
'Tis I...
And I do now find myself partnered with the very boy whose name rhymes with fire...
Indeed.
The boy by the name of Jake Phyr.
Yes...
A most good partnership, I may say.
Why, have I not said before that young Jake has managed to be the most interesting of all my previous partners?
Indeed.
Why, the very tale...
That I do tell, is merely for the fact that his story...
Truly, I say...
Is better than those of the other partners I've held.
Indeed.
...
Hmmm?
Why, how astute of you, my dear reader?
Yes...
Of course, and indeed.
Truly, I say unto you, dear reader...
Truly...
You are a fast learner...
Yes.
Why, and of course...
And in fact, I may say...
That I do indeed have most everything to do...
Well, I do suppose most is saying too much...
Perhaps I shall merely and humbly say a bit...
Say...
How about...
Hmmm...
Nay, it matters little...
However and truly...
Indeed.
I, Fin of the flame, do find myself responsible...
For the very powers of flame now held unto the very body of the young lad...
The very boy by the name of Jake Phyr.
Indeed.
Truly, I say unto you, dear reader, truly...
Why, I could even decide to tell you more...
...
Hmmm?
Shocked, you say?
Why, the very thing...
...
Hmmm?
You say that I should have simply told you?
Oh, dear...
What a mess of things that would have made?
Why, do imagine that the very first chapter started as so...
Ahem.
My name is Fin of the flame...
I bestow upon all those who work with me the power of fire...
This is the tale of the boy by the name of Jake Phyr...
And so on and so on...
Truly, I say...
You would become oh-so properly confused...
Yes...
...
Hmmm?
You think you wouldn't?
...
Hmmm?
Even so, you are used to stories such as that?
With elemental powers and the wielders thereof?
Why...
Hmmm...
I do suppose I failed to take into account that of the manner of people who read this book, why...
That there are those who read novels much like mine...
Yes...
Those with bloody battles, elemental powers, and also...
Hmmm...
Very well then...
I suppose I shall answer any other questions you may hold...
Well, not every...
I do still believe that the questions you ask about, for example, my very purpose...
Will find themselves of a very lengthy answer...
Why, even I, would struggle to fully explain it all...
Indeed.
...
Hmmm?
Oh, pish posh, I say.
Fail to imagine that I do lack the ability to remember what my purpose is...
No.
'Tis simply for the fact that I shall require a much greater amount of time to explain it all...
Yes...
Much more than I am willing to describe...
Oh...
'Twould take so long, I say...
And even so, why...
Would it be better if I simply showed you.
Yes...
Indeed.
And thereof, any more questions?
Why, I would rather that we get along with the tale by tomorrow...
And sort everything out today...
Indeed...
This tale shan't...
...
Hmmm?
Oh, yes...
A most important question, you say...
Indeed...
How did I give the young lad the power to control fire?
Well, I should say...
That I control fire...
However, and even so, why...
Would it be fully incorrect to say that it is I who gave him that power...
...
Hmmm?
Truly, I say...
Did I not say that I would have you perplexed by the end of this all...
Yes...
Truly, I say...
It is not I who gave him that power...
Yet also, ...
...
Hmmm?
Indeed.
The very pair are true...
And, if I may ask you, dear reader...
How do you think that that is possible?
...
Hmmm?
A bit more time, you say...
Oh, not to worry, why...
Hmmm...
Well, we are almost out of time, and so...
Do be quick...
...
Hmmm?
Yes, 'tis indeed my power and also not I who gave it to him...
Yet also, 'tis I who gives it to him...
...
Hmmm?
I am making this unnecessarily complicated?
Truly, I say...
I am not.
That is the truth as barely as I can tell you.
...
Hmmm?
Oh, well, I may as well tell you the truth as it is...
Ahem...
Yes...
Indeed...
'Tis I, Fin of the flame, who is fully and truly responsible for the very bearing of the power to control fire that is now under the grasp of the young lad by the name of Jake Phyr...
Indeed...
However, the very giving of my power to him, all the while as it is totally and utterly because of my own doing...
Shall I also say, that the very power given unto him...
Why, 'twas not my choice and or decision...
As a matter of the fact, I should say...
...
Forced?
Hmmm?
Oh, no, no, no...
I am not forced to be here...
Why, 'tis my duty...
However...
...
Hmmm?
Yes...
Indeed...
I cannot chose my human partner...
Yes...
...
Hmmm?
Yet another long explanation...
Yes...
A very long one...
However, I do suppose I shall leave it at that, all the while carrying something else to you...
However, I would like you to promise me one thing...
...
Hmmm?
Yes...
That you do not ask far too many follow-up questions...
Yes...
And that you let me continue the tale starting tomorrow...
And also, that you are not upset that this chapter shall be a lot longer than usual...
Indeed.
Well, a bit, I should say.
A mere bit.
...
Hmmm?
Indeed.
And of the very same do I ask you this, dear reader...
Where do you think that I am now?
...
Hmmm?
Oh, come now...
Take a guess...
Why, the very idea should not be too far from you...
Seeing as you have said all this...
Indeed.
The very one who reads many a book all the same...
Do say, who do you think I am?
Well, rather...
Where...
...
Hmmm?
Oh, well, I shall simply tell you...
For...
Indeed...
The very hint lies in this...
The very fact, that I am never apart from Jake Phyr...
Indeed.
Do tell, where do you think he is and I am?
...
Hmmm?
Well, yes...
In that very island that I have mentioned time and time again...
However and even so, why...
Do ask yourself this...
How is it so, that I am always besides Jake Phyr if...
...
Hmmm?
Oh, yes, yes, yes...
Indeed!
It shall be so, for I and the very young lad...
Are one.
Indeed.
...
Hmmm?
Oh, dear...
What have I done?
Well, I shall be seeing you...
...
Hmmm?
More questions...
Oh, dear...
Very well then...
Do have a nice day...
...
Hmmm?
Why, I did ask you to promise, did I not?
Indeed.
A mere three questions tomorrow...
And that is that.
Indeed.
And to you, dear reader...
A good day, I say...
A good day indeed.