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In his notes this "Sea Elf" claims to have been orphaned and raised by the [[Seafolk]] and taught the ways of water, the flow of Olhydra. | In his notes this "Sea Elf" claims to have been orphaned and raised by the [[Seafolk]] and taught the ways of water, the flow of Olhydra. | ||
This account is all the more distinctive as it differs greatly from some other texts and available information on the subject from other sources | This account is all the more distinctive as it differs greatly from some other texts and available information on the subject from other sources: | ||
For starters, Olhydra while often referred to as "she" is more a colloquial term and not the name of a "God/Goddess" or singular entity more so that Olhydra is water, is life, and in so is all of us. Thus Olhydra is not a God so much as the "God within" all living things. A primal universal force older than even the [[Eight Makers]] themselves, who pushed back the universal waters and tides of Olhydra to create the bubble that contains our world. | ''For starters, Olhydra while often referred to as "she" is more a colloquial term and not the name of a "God/Goddess" or singular entity more so that Olhydra is water, is life, and in so is all of us. Thus Olhydra is not a God so much as the "God within" all living things. A primal universal force older than even the [[Eight Makers]] themselves, who pushed back the universal waters and tides of Olhydra to create the bubble that contains our world. | ||
Olhydra is the oceans, the seas, the rivers and lakes, the rain and the mist and even the fog. She is blood, and sweat and mucus and urine and fecal and semen and tears and saliva. She is universal truth, the all and the nothing, both in total certainty and baffling mystery. | Olhydra is the oceans, the seas, the rivers and lakes, the rain and the mist and even the fog. She is blood, and sweat and mucus and urine and fecal and semen and tears and saliva. She is universal truth, the all and the nothing, both in total certainty and baffling mystery. | ||
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All of this that is and was and ever will be on what we call a world is but a single passing pop to Olhydra but in the randomness and contradiction of our existence we have been given a gift of life and choice and free will to act and the obligation to always act in the ultimate service of life, of Olhydra. | All of this that is and was and ever will be on what we call a world is but a single passing pop to Olhydra but in the randomness and contradiction of our existence we have been given a gift of life and choice and free will to act and the obligation to always act in the ultimate service of life, of Olhydra. | ||
Thus what best serves the greater cause of life? What gives life the chance to thrive? Is what a devotee would ask themselves as opposed to the morality of the situation. Note this definition of life does not solely apply to the so called goodly races alone but to all living beings. | Thus what best serves the greater cause of life? What gives life the chance to thrive? Is what a devotee would ask themselves as opposed to the morality of the situation. Note this definition of life does not solely apply to the so called goodly races alone but to all living beings.'' | ||