Pachooka Quotes From Things Fall Apart

In a cave, deep in the mountains, with walls of sheer magnitude and power, worked a creature, whose memories of self, extended over many lifetimes. Having had two different forms, the creature knew what it had lost from one form and what it had gained from another but neither quite satisfied the quest it had made an integral part of its life.
Pachooka took the droplet and placed it in the ebony crucible on the fire and watched as sparks began to throw themselves into the darkness of the cave, lighting up the shadowed corners. She picked up the satchel that she had rescued from the ignorant HobGoblin and shook it once again, like she had done countless times before. No more of the sacred dust fell from the woven corners. She had been fortunate
She was Drae now and her new form allowed her to do things her old form did not permit like the inability to be wounded and a new kind of power, which she had not learnt to use with understanding. She had no peers and her new form was challenging on so many levels. She had taken her old form for granted and had forgotten how many months it had cost her mother to train him to walk. It was the same with her new form, her wings were taking some getting used to and her ability to fly with stealth undetected, was strengthening daily.
The crucible seemed to be glowing in power and intensity and only as a Drae, was she able to stand and be present in the room. When she felt that she was fast being pulled apart and the fabric of her being was being shattered from within and at the precise moment when she thought she was hemorrhaging internally, the crucible and its vociferous contents, exploded. A
The Leaf Bugs, with a friend named Boot, had collected large amounts of leaves and twigs and together, were already completing the boy's lower garment. Since Tomas had grown so much more and his garment took so much longer with twice the amount of effort, Cornelius had come to the decision that they needed help. This did not mean that the Human now had to carry more insects with him but rather, that extra garments were made to keep for when he needed them. Cornelius, Curly, Jick, Jasper and Raazor were still the only hitch hikers allowed to go wherever the boy went.
'Thanks friends!' said Tomas, relieved that his dressing time took less time and he could focus on better things to do, like stick fighting with Laya or one of the Fenclave females or flying high into the sky and across mountains with Riga Bastion.
'You know Tomas, that you have to go with Queen Maeve,' paused Cornelius, 'the initiation with the Elvar is very important to your Emergence and it is to be taken