The Sentinels waken all ye into life

The young girl identified him, and he tilted his head ever so slightly as he listened to her. In this flesh, he rejoined her pleasant lilt in the deep voice of his own. He was not simply 'bird' or 'owl'; for he harbored something within him, too, many lifetimes that he was aware of. Pharaoh, King, Peasant, Slave. Those within him sought to find what was within her, but that they could not see! Their eyes saw what her eyes did; she revealed to him her magics in her display. The babe paused in her skipping-steps, and he hooted back to her: See. Your eyes have only just begun their opening. It meant that she had a strength within her, too; Taltos must father this witch, that she was so strong herself. That her eyes might be opening now. Who are you? He tested, his bright eyes watchful and without mirth on her frame.