Haunted Hydra: Leon & John
Leon blinked. The Spirit Guides came to all Medicine Men and Women when they were chosen. Leon was listening, but his mind was reeling. Why had his mother kept this from him? It was amazing that John, someone in their family at all, had been chosen by the Guides. It didn't happen often in a generation and here was a boy who was found worthy to have such knowledge and the gift to use it.
Leon listened as John talked about healing his friend and how he described the magic as it awakened within him. Leon's smile grew as well. He remembered that feeling when it happened to him the first time. Despite John's distraction and halt of hesitation in his story towards the end, Leon embraced him by gripping John by the shoulders and pulling him close.
"The spirits chose you, my own brother, to join the Medicine Men like our grandfather. That's amazing. What an honor. And why..." Leon pulled back, still gripping John by the shoulders, to look him in the eye. "Why did they send you here to learn? Why not stay and cultivate your craft with the expert practitioners?"