Finding My Lich by Christina Winds
Author:Christina Winds [Winds, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781733679626
Published: 2019-03-28T22:00:00+00:00
Chapter 17
âAt first, of course, we all tried to go around being the Good Samaritan type. Well, at least we did after we figured out that the Maker was looking for us to do more than just refrain from killing anyone.â
A long while later, Tamaraâs initial shock was over, and her natural curiosity had kicked in. She had decided to give up on processing her feelings for the moment and had instead determined to focus on collecting as many facts as she could. She knew from experience that her brain was still dealing with the hysteria in the background. But as long as she kept the conscious part occupied in learning as much as possible, then she could stave off the incipient mental breakdown until, hopefully, she was better able to deal with it.
Eric obliged her. She had a feeling that he knew exactly what she was doing. But to his credit, he unhesitatingly answered any question she posed him.
Just now, he continued. âGiving to charities, helping out the neighbors, that sort of thing. The sands trickled out somewhat steadily and we thought we were doing okay; weâd give to charities until the Old Man finally decided weâd given enough. So, we started giving higher and higher amounts. But the sand never flowed any faster - in fact, it started to slow down. And eventually, we realized the message was that charity giving was goodâ¦but it wasnât all we had to do.
âSo, what did you do then?â
âFloundered,â Eric admitted. âFinally, we hit upon volunteering - basically donating our time instead of our money. That worked even betterâthe sands flowed faster. But then that, too, tapered off. We even went so far as to spend a whole decade or so doing nothing but volunteer work, but again, we were eventually told it wasnât enough. Until as it is now, regardless of how much charity we give or volunteering we do, the sands havenât dropped a grain in 60 years.â
Tamara had to ask. âThen why do you still give so much? I meanâ¦if itâs no longer helping you?â
Eric smiled ruefully. âBut it is helping us. The hourglass is meant as a learning tool, not a scorekeeper. Just because the Old Man is no longer patting us on the back for each step, he made it pretty plain at the beginning of the kinds of behavior he is expecting from us. To change our behavior for the worse now wouldnât help our cause at all. Besides,â Eric admitted, âyou know better than most how helping others makes you feel good. Thatâs the lesson he wanted to teach us, of course. In Abaddon, helping others isâ¦well, itâs not exactly frowned upon, but itâs certainly not traditionally encouraged. I instigated some changes when I took the crown that got the races working together in some cases. But actually helping someone out altruistically, just because? Itâs truly a cultural abnormality when it happensâif it happens. My people donât know how it feels to help someone and expect nothing in return.
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