SHE SPEAKS

You arrived here with empty hands.

Ideas of what could become. Floating visions.

Have you fully admitted what you're made of?

If not, that is about to change.

Nine of my sisters wait for you in the dark. 

 Each sister holds a skeleton key, a soul bone, that belongs to you. 

At the end of each conversation, she will hand it back.

When you have collected all nine,

you'll have the soul bones to your life's great work.

You'll need somewhere to keep what you find.

Take this.

Keep it close. Fill it as you go. When all nine keys are yours, you'll finally be able to read the map.

One last thing before you cross.

What you find in there may not be comfortable. It will be true.

And truth, in the end, is the only thing that gives you roots deep enough for wings.