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honest.
    “No,
we were more than Guardians. We were the original Guardians. The first of our
kind. We were sent from the heavens as ambassadors to protect this world from
the darkness that prowls just outside of this realm. We were sent with seven
Seers to help one another balance the outcome of the world. We were thrown into
this world like some sort of divine experiment.”  Aberto gritted his teeth
together in anger. “The Seers went mad before failing completely. The gods had
not predicted the overwhelming affect the visions, combined with other
abilities, might have on a human brain. Ultimately, through years of
experimentation, the gods formed a group of Seers that could resist the madness
and fulfill their duty. That is a story for another time. I told you, the memories
get a bit muddled. When the Seers fell, the seven of us were asked to fulfill
their duties as well. We failed.”
    “How
so?”
    “We
were unable to see clearly what the Seers might see. In my arrogance, I thought
I understood what the gods were saying and acted as though I had all of the
answers. Sadly, I was mistaken. I led my brothers straight to their
destruction. We failed more times than I can count to protect innocents from
events that were never meant to be. Finally, the gods grew angry with us. With
me. They cursed us to roam this realm until we pay penance for our misdeeds. I
am cursed to wander here until the gods feel I have restored the balance.”
    “But
what is the curse? Is it that you can never die? Am I going to be immortal
now?”  I started to hyperventilate. I’d thought three hundred years was a
long time. It was nothing compared to an eternity.
    “The
curse is simple. We are to guide Seers and Guardians. We must help them to
fulfill their purpose, yet we are never to interfere. We must guide others to
maintain the balance that we so miserably failed to control. So we walk between
planes, never truly belonging to either. We spend years in the fog sometimes,
not even realizing the time has passed. I have lost track of most of my
brothers. I know not if they have passed on; if they have been able to fulfill
their calling and restore balance enough to garner the gods’ forgiveness. I can
only speak for myself. I was lost in my own misery, lost in the fog for
centuries. You changed everything.”
    “And
then you changed me.”  I sat heavily in the chair, unsure if I wanted to
hear more.
    “Yes,
and then I changed you. I changed you, and I may very well have cursed you to
an existence like my own. You may wish me to regret my choice to save you, to
interfere when I was not meant to. I saw your future; you weren’t supposed to
die that day, Izzy. I will not now, nor shall I ever, regret the choices that
I’ve made where you are concerned.”  Aberto’s gaze rested on my face as
though he expected some sort of thanks for what he had done.
    “So,
are all of you still around? I mean, the Old Ones. Are y’all just drifting
around in the fog waiting for some metaphysical bell to ring and bring you back
to this plane? More importantly, you never answered the immortal
question.” 
    “I
don’t know about my brothers, where their fates have led them. All I know is of
my own existence. I am as eternal as the gods will me to be. I have no way of
knowing if this curse, this existence, will be your fate as well.”  His
face fell as he looked upon me. I knew that my chances weren’t looking all that
great.
    “There
is something else I want to know.”  I hesitated, unsure I was really ready
to hear the answer. I breathed out just as he pulled a classic Aberto.
    “Our
time is up for now, Izzy. I shall return when you need me.”  And just like
that he was gone. The son of a biscuit eating, question avoiding, pain in my
arse.
     
     
    Chapter
Four
     
    I
got up from the chair and stretched out my tense muscles. The stress of the
past months weighed heavy on me as I made my way toward the door and another
talk that