Of population increase and being busy.

There are times, young one, when it cannot be helped. You will be pulled in so many different directions that you are either not sure what is happening, or you will want to lash out, or both. If you do lash out, be sure any damage is fixable. You never know when the person whom you lash out against may become a ... I hesitate to say trusted... less mistrusted ally than most. Last night so many things happened that I cannot begin to keep track of all of them. A visitor from another dimension - an alternate reality - came forward seeking aid for himself and 200 others. He was a high-magister of the Silver Ladder in his reality. Although many people want to keep all of the individuals from that reality out of this one, I cannot help but feel compassion for him and his people. If they do come, I will do what I can to help. I will also ensure they will be tracked and followed until the day their children's children's children die. A birth came. A young woman who's shadowname is Immiteral had claimed to be raped by a werewolf four months ago, and the wolf wanted her child. The child was born tonight. A girl. Af far as I can tell, this girl's fate is indeterminate until she is a teenager. All the more reason to become the child's godparent and guide the child in the best ways of Truth. And if the child becomes a banisher or serves the Abyss, then so much easier for us to take care of the situation. Some of the child's birth-fluid has been stored away. The council met for four hours. I was there for part of it, but then left to deal with other things... namely what has been mentioned above. It is no longer my place to be upon the national council. And they can have it! And my own allies kept coming to me asking for my aid. Aid with local matters. Aid with the local council. Aid with new mages. Aid with unknown entities. Aid with the baby and the Visitor and with guests from other cities... And when someone whom I have been looking to help train came and asked for aid with something else... well... It was time to tell some people to do what they think is best, to not get caught, to not break the veil, and if I had to clean up after them, I would not be happy. Retirement can't come soon enough...