Leita followed Sirona to the spot with chairs facing into the pews and listened to her explain them. The choirs apparently sang there during services but she wondered what they sang about. Did they sing about the light or the goodness in the world? Or was the topic of their songs something else? Before she got to ask, Sirona started gesturing to each side of the crossed shaped building. Those halls lead to the outer grounds and other buildings. There was something called a Maobi that was meant for meditation, conferences, and confessionals. Then there was the training area where not many people used. According to Sirona, it was just the Clergy. 

"Lets go to the training area. You said yourself that mostly the clergy go there." She said, "I'd rather not bother somebody if they are meditating or confessing." 

She then began going towards the right, then spun around and headed to the left, realizing that she had been going the wrong way. Her wolf seemed to be helping her avoid the wrong directions. It was one of the many reasons he had been assigned to her. Keep her safe, keep her from doing something stupid, keep her from getting lost. It was a lot of work for the wolf. 

"So do you guys have any celebrations or anything?" Leita asked, "I remember Miss Einsecc had a small one at her manor. It was just the three of us and we got a fancy fish. The fish was wrapped in seaweed.' 

With the amount of space they had in the temple, she could imagine how big the celebrations were. 

Sirona nodded to Leita’s words and headed towards Mafunzo, but for a moment Leita headed in the wrong direction, but before Sirona could say anything the wolf had Leita turned around. Interesting. Lume was still in Sirona’s arms as they walked outside through the courtyards and to the training area. ”We have had a wedding here between two of clergy before, and we will happily do weddings for others if they so wish to be married under the Light.” Sirona replied and that was sadly it, excitement like that wasn’t something that had happened at the Cathedral often. Clergy were of course free to leave the Cathedral and go to local celebrations as they wished, Sirona had no problems with that, even less so now than before. But as far as anything happening at the Cathedral, that was rather rare.

As they entered Mafunzo above the main door was a message, carved into the stone and filled with glass to allow the sun to glow through it. It simple read “No Mercy for the Wicked”, Sirona brought no attention to it as they entered, but it was there in plain writing and easy to see. The training area as much more open than the Cathedral proper was, despite how they were inside there was a lot of light being filtered into the area. There were a few squared off areas that had sand in them as fighting rings and rows of different kinds of weapons lined along the edge of the area. ”Despite my personal use of a sword and shield, we train with all kinds of weapons here, whatever someone is comfortable with is what they can use. We do some training on our but I do have an outside contact that will come in now and then do some training with us, they’re more capable of teaching a variety of weapons.” Sirona explained, and, as it happened, two clergy were currently working together in some hand to hand combat. ”We will train with magic as well, Light is obviously our focus, but we can help with general magic training for all kinds of magic. Well, not blood, shadow or necromancy.”

Lume squirmed in Sirona’s arms and hopped out of them, opening his wings and flying up to the rafters and looked around.

So they did weddings? At least she now knew where to send people if they ever got married. She wondered what weddings looked like. There were books about things like that but she'd never seen one herself. But that seemed to be the only celebrations the church had. Leita couldn't help but wonder if the cathedral made festivals, would the people look to them more. She would have to do some research at home about it. Perhaps she could even use charts to map out the statistics of influences of celebrations on the status of organizations. Maybe she could even write an essay about it! While she was busy thinking about that, her wolf bumped against her leg to remind her to pay attention to the world around her.

"So you provide training of everything here." Leita said, "Would I be allowed to train with earth magic here? You did mention that an outside contact would come in to do training." 

She wasn't allowed to train at the manor because her magic was unstable. 

"I'd train at the manor but the last time I did, half of the kitchen was swarming with little earth dolls." Leita explained, "The dolls kept wrecking everything they found. Miss Einsecc said I couldn't train at the manor and would have to find another place." 

Although Miss Einsecc was her teacher, it was more in a teaching about medicine and medicinal magic. The rest of that stuff was up to Leita to independently learn about. That was why the training grounds interested her. If she could expand her magic, then she would become useful as a person. 

”You are welcome to come and train with earth magic.” Sirona replied with a small smile. ”The other trainer focuses on martial combat, however, not magical. That being said, I can still do my best to help you with your earth magic if you like, and I know at least one of the Clergy also uses earth magic they would probably be willing to help to.” Sirona explained, and she was sincere with her words, she would more than happy to help with Leita’s training.

Pausing for a moment Sirona turned to face Leita. ”Leita, may I ask; why did you decide to train and work with Miss Einsecc? What drives you to learn such things from her?” Sirona asked, and she wasn’t asking in any kind of malicious way, she was just curious. It wasn’t an easy thing to get into healing, considering what kinds of situations she might get into to try and help people, and the kinds of things she would see as a healer.

She was glad to get any help. Her earth magic was something she wanted to explore and understand. Having somebody teach her directly would be much easier than trying to learn on her own. And there was something about Sirona's sincere words that made her want to trust the woman, even though she knew little about her. Then Sirona asked why she was learning from Caroline, which gave Leita pause. She hadn't really asked that of herself. Leita had accepted being an apprentice when she awoke, since she had no idea what else to do. 

"Well, I never knew a time I wasn't her apprentice." Leita admitted, "Caroline taught me about medicine so I could help her. The manor has books, food, safety and I know I'll always have a home and a clear purpose. I never have to ask, what am I doing with my life, cause I already know. The idea of leaving all that behind is…. a little scary."

She didn't mean to say all that, her mind had just been wondering and her mouth had followed along. But she was careful to avoid mentioning her awakening. Caroline had strictly told her to avoid telling people about that. Her teacher never explained why, she just said that there were consequences for all actions and moved on. Leita could see that Sirona didn't present any malicious intent and it was a fair question. It just was something Leita never thought about.

"I'll admit I don't exactly have the most noble of reasons." Leita said, "What about you? I know the temple's purpose is to help and spread light but…what is your goal?"

She wasn't being malicious or trying to get her made, it was a genuine question. Leita had felt the desire to help people before but there was a difference between that and creating an entire temple and system to do that. Sirona must have experienced or seen something that pushed her to go this length, that was what caused characters in books to go farther. Then again, this was reality and not some silly novel. 

"Um, was that too personal of a question?" Leita asked. 

Sirona listened to Leita’s answer without interruption and when she was finished Sirona thought on it but didn’t respond. So it was all the life that Leita knew then? Interesting, but she was content by the sounds of to, which was good, she had found purpose for herself. When the question was turned around on the Goddess she pondered it for a moment and smiled at Leita. ”Not at all, a fair question since I posed it to you as well.” She replied, clearly having no problem with being asked such a question. ”For me personally, I just want to try and make the world a better place, a lofty goal, I know, and one that I know painfully well probably won’t be as grand as my visions. However, after what happened with my failed Revolution, I’ve decided it’s best to narrow my focus.” She explained.

”Instead of trying to make the world a better place as a whole for everyone, I’ll help the individual instead. Make sure they are fed, have a place to call home and a shelter for the night. Make their own personal world a little brighter than before and it might be just what they need, or inspire them to help the next person they come across in the same situation that they were in. Pay things forward, as it were.” Lady Glory continued. ”If that makes any kind of sense, perhaps I didn’t explain it well.” She confessed as they passed through another door back outside again.

This was back to the outside courtyard area with the waterfalls flowing down near the side of the complex, with a fountain near the edge of the water. It sprayed water into the air creating a mist and creating rainbows in the air. From here one could get a good view of another building that was between the main cathedral and the Mafunzo but it was also lower than the other two buildings, built on a lower edge of the mountainside. ”That is Nyumbani, it is my private quarters, and, honestly, it is far to grand for my liking, but, that is what was created so I’ll use it. My apologizes, but if you’re curious to the inside of it, I’m afraid I don’t give tours of that.” She grinned slightly, it was just her private area and, in reality, it was rather spartan inside, and Sirona made sure there was no mirrors in there either. She didn’t want to take the chance of seeing herself unclothed in one by accident.

"I understand what you mean." Leita said as she followed Sirona, "Even the smallest of actions can spread good in the world. Or at least that's what one of my books said."

She now felt slightly ashamed for her own response. Everybody around her seemed to have strong wills to help people. Even Miss Einsecc seemed to want to help people, in her own unique way. Leita only asked for security and a place to belong. Never questioning the outside world and preferring to stay locked up in her own room with her books. As they headed back outside, Leita moved towards the fountain and watched as the water was sprayed into the air, creating mist and a rainbow. Her eyes widened in wonder at the beauty of it. She stretched her hand out towards the rainbow, trying to touch it, but it was too far. Every part of the temple seemed like it hopped out of fairytale, so heavenly and perfect in its design. Sirona must have been happy, despite the revolution incident. The goddess had a golden cathedral, a worthy cause to fight for, and plenty of clergy to keep loneliness at bay for thousands of years. Sirona began to explain what the one other building was for. 

"Oh its fine! That's your private chambers." Leita said quickly, "I wouldn't ask to intrude on somebody's privacy like that." 

The girl knew better than to go into somebody's bedroom. But there was one thing Sirona mentioned that her mind couldn't forget. How could the building be more grand than what the goddess preferred? She thought the cathedral had been made by her. 

"If I may ask, how was this place made?" She asked, "Did people make it or did you make it?" 

Then Leita realized how much time she was taking from the goddess. The tour had lasted a while and was probably meant to be taken care of by a clergy. Every moment of time was important, especially to somebody with such an important task. Spreading light across Revaliir couldn't be easy and they had just recovered from a massive defeat in battle. Leita faced the goddess and gave her a small bow. 

"Thank you, Sirona." She said, "For giving me a tour and for working to spread peace and light. I can see your work isn't easy, just from the Cathedral alone. With all those people to care for and to protect. You have my gratitude for that."

Sirona was enjoying her talk with Leita, she was a smart one for sure, and her apparent optimism was contagious. ”Exactly, a ripple affect, I believe it’s called; a good here to one person inspires them to do good to another in turn, and then do the same and so on. Small things can lead to big changes.” Sirona mused with a small grin, and after explain about her personal quarters she nodded slightly in thanks to Leita’s words.

However, as for Leita’s question of how the Cathedral was built Sirona paused a moment. ”I didn’t make it, I believe it’s a phenomenon that happens when a new Deity Ascends, their Temple, or whatever they may call it, appears by itself over night. How this happen I do not know, and may very well be wrong about it all.” She paused a moment to think. ”When I rose I didn’t know it right away, it was probably two or three days before it clicked that something had changed within me. I found that I had to be more careful when I handled objects since I could crush them easier, I almost hurt Lume one time, I did not know my own newfound Strength. I found that my natural Light magic came easier to me, stronger, brighter, and that I had an unlimited supply of mana to use it with.” She explained. ”Once I realized that something had changed it was then that the Voice came to me and explained that I was to be the Goddess of Light and Strength, as the last God of Strength and War had elected to relinquish his position to focus on his family life, at least that’s the story as far as I know.” She was right to, Lokir had stepped aside because he had wanted to focus on his relationship with his lover, and Sirona did know that, because she had spoken to Lokir before since she had risen to take his place.

Sirona smiled and returned bow to Leita slightly when the young woman thanked her for the tour. ”You are welcome, Leita, and you are welcome here anytime if you need anything, even just a rest on your travels.” Sirona reached into her pocket then and pulled out a set of prayer beads and held them out for Leita. ”Please, if you like. If you ever find yourself lost or in need of any kind, hold them close, speak my name and then break the string.” Sirona instructed with a grin, a small token or trinket she gave out once in a while, something for them to keep as a memento for their visit. But it was more than that, for if Leita followed Sirona’s instructions the magic within the beads would send a message to Sirona calling for help and directing the Goddess right to where Leita would be when she needed help.