“I suppose I should have explained this earlier, but you weren’t in any real danger, so no harm done.” Said the boys father, “At least I hope.” thought the man to himself. “Now I am no theologian or philosopher, to question how the worlds came into being. Nor will I tell you that creator was, for I don’t particularly know or care. I am not going to tell you any of the myths either because they often do more harm than good in inciting fear. What I will tell you is entirely from my own personal experience and what I’ve heard from those I have complete trust in. I hope these will help relax some of the tension in you.”

“Dad what is a myth?” asked the child tentatively.

“Ahh, sorry kid I should of explained that too. A myth is something that isn’t actually true but holds a kernel of truth so far hidden, it becomes impossible to tell what fact is and what is fault. This means, that for now, they are worthless, and you shouldn’t pay attention to any of them.

Now back to the Spirit world. It is a realm sort of overlapping our realm as far as I can tell. While most humans are unable to affect the spirit world even though its right in front of them, there are a few that can do it including myself. On the other hand all spirits can affect our realm whenever they feel like, which can be very frustrating. You are gonna be encountering spirits in your everyday life now that you are aatma. Because of the change that will occur at the time of your naming, they will be able to interact with you, and you will be able to see them. This is not for every child, but every child named by a spirit. Tonight, will finish the completion of your soul granting you a connection to all the realms even if you may be unable to touch them. For you will be fully anchored allowing you to see what you couldn’t before. Of course, there are many other creatures one can get to receive names from, I just don’t know any.

I’ll be talking about this in your studying from now on, but here is a little overview on spirits in general. Unlike us who seek order instead of chaos, Spirits are the opposite, there is order that sets the boundaries, but what they wish for is chaos, and each in their own way and personality. I’ll eventually tell you about the races of spirits, but there are individuals such as Wisahkeha who are strange and unique. These types of creatures don’t have a race or if they did it is long forgotten. They just go by their name, and they all have a large affect on the world whenever they feel compelled to stir up trouble.”

“This is really interesting Dad, but I still don’t understand what we are doing here, and why we’re asking that terrifying fox for my name.”

“Wisahkeha is very terrifying that is for sure” said his Father laughing. “However, he is the only named spirit I know that owes me a favor and being named by one such as he has a lot of perks.”

“What do you mean?” now that his father was actually talking about something interesting, the child perked up asking in a much more energetic tone.

“The Naming, especially the first naming is very important. A name is not only something people can call you, but a declaration of who you are at the core of your soul. A name will decide how the present you interacts with the world and what the future you will look like. As for why we are here, when someone names a person, they must also give them a gift to protect the named in their new life. There will be a link between you and Wisahkeha for the rest of your existence. And to be honest I am hoping it is a link that will bring you safety rather than one to bring chaos. But, to be perfectly honest son I don’t quite know. All I know is that he will give you a generous gift in order not to be completely embarrassed in front of the other named ones, especially Absorka. And a naming gift is one that is carried for a lifetime so I’’m sure it will be kind of special in general.

“What sort of gift will it be though, do you really have to be so vague?” the poor kid asked half in trepidation half in excited glee.

“How am I supposed to know.” The father laugh back. “My first naming was done by an unnamed dark fairy, and what I received has been priceless to me.”

“What did you get from the dark fairy” asked the kid excitedly

The father leaned in close as if it were a very big secret. “My shadow.”

“Ohhh” said the child “Will I get a shadow too??”

“Hahaha, yes, every aatma receives a shadow once his/her has been anchored. It’s just that mine is a little special.

He felt like a burden had been lifted off his shoulders when he heard his father say such a thing. I had been growing increasingly worried why he didn’t have a shadow of his own to follow him around.

“Do you think I will be able to get a shadow like yours?” asked the child.

“Nonsense.” Cried the father “Do you think I brought you to a named spirit to get a stupid gift like mine. Just wait and see, even if Wasehkeha is a trickster I’m sure his gift will be better than anything an unnamed spirit could give you.”

It took another fifteen minutes of lecturing about the profundities of the realms before Wasehkeha strolled back into view at a languid pace.

“I have decided on a name” said the fox.

“Took you long enough” snorted the father.

“First” said the fox completely ignoring the pesky human. “I must double check something, come here child.”

It was as if a force drove him towards the fox, and eventually standing directly before him, the fox opened its mouth and ate him. He felt like he was swirling in a black void unable to touch feel or hear anything. It did not drive him mad though, it instead brought him a sense of peace unable to be described. And then all of a sudden, he was back standing before the fox as if nothing had ever happened. He turned and looked at his father, to see what he thought of the matter, but not only what his father not upset, he didn’t even look like he had seen the fox eat him.

“It is as I thought.” Said the fox “the apple may fall very far from the tree this time after all. Look into my eyes child and let me name you.”

The child turned his head back as if in a dase and allowed the terrifying yellow eyes. To swallow his vision once again”

“So, I shall name you, and so shall your soul be complete, from this day forth you are Jachum for you are child of a spirit.”

Then Wasehkeha spit on Jachum and said, “This is my gift to you.”

And with that he disappeared, leaving behind a very confused Jachum and a worried looking father.

“Well, Jachum it has been a very confusing night for you I’m sure let’s go back home.” And just like that they were back, his father sitting in his chair, and Jachum sitting across from him.

“Now off with you, Jachum we are going to start your studies and training at a wider scale tomorrow so make sure to get plenty of sleep.”

Far late into the night, when Jachum was fast asleep, his father was still sitting in his chair rocking back and forth and silently cursing the fox. “The motherfucker claim my boy as his own, he didn’t even ask.” The father was genuinely worried, he had heard stories of children of spirits before and much like his own mother’s tales the stories went along the lines of “Don’t make enemies with the children of spirits, they minds are unlike any human I have ever met. They see things you and I are unable to. And they do things you and I would shudder to even think about.”