Every night and for some daytime as well, people lock themselves inside their homes thinking how safe and secure they are. Most of our belongings are kept inside behind locked doors and glass pane windows, safe from the world. All around us inside our locked fortress set those many fragile glass windows to the outside world. Law enforcement patrols outside for our safety. Unless you live outside of town, and then you rarely see them drive by. Neighbors in some areas keep their eyes peeled for anything suspicious when they are home, and it is light enough to see outside the walls of their homes. Then there is some folk who guard their properties with motion-activated lights and security cameras that watch relentlessly. Home security systems are hardwired to reach out to call centers to alert them of possible breaches. But true security is an illusion people tell themselves. Locks can be picked. Glass can be shattered. Doors can be broken down. Electricity can go out rendering most cameras and lights useless. Camera lenses can be broken or spray painted over. Wires can be cut. All hardwired home security systems can be bypassed with a little training. Call centers rarely respond in adequate time. Police are rarely there when you need them most, and many times only show up when damage has been done. Neighbors sleep, and civilians now have available tech that can see through walls. Security is an illusion and as graspable as mist wafting through a forest. Anyone who really wants in will get in without much trouble. And there are some who are highly trained to do just that… Lethal Tracker-
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Lethal Tracker has lots of great detail and stories from Lorcan’s upbringing under the tutelage of the Old Man, part Native American. His time training in the forest and mountains in the old ways of the Scout added to and enhanced his training and skills in covert work.
A short excerpt from Lorcan’s training days. ~~~~~ Taking my time and being very careful not to move too fast or make noise, I worked the mud onto my face and neck. Through my hair, I laced grasses with mud. All over my body, I bathed in mud and then mashed grasses into it so that I looked like a muddy clump of grass. When I was satisfied that I was well hidden, I began to feel my way through the landscape as carefully as I could. The Old Man’s voice came back to me, “Be the land, be the plants and the very air everything breathes. Flow with the natural rhythms so you never disturb the flow around you. Control your breathing and silence your mind. Take your time and be fully aware of all layers of existence. Take nothing for granted and expect anything at every moment so surprise will not be able to affect you.” The training, when I was young, opened up inside me, and I moved with it. I opened all my senses; and, as I did I could begin to smell humans. A slight breeze came from the west. The scent came from that direction. As I slowly moved forward, the smell became stronger. Lethal Tracker brings up many examples of just how this world works. Fair isn't among the natural workings of this planet.
I've been telling people the following for years, and I still stand by it today. Fair - simply a word given to the human idea of how the world and life should be. Fair is a dream, a perspective, and rare to find, because fair for one may not be for another. Expecting "fair" isn't realistic. |
AuthorWhite Wolf Von Atzingen has traveled the western hemisphere extensively. He is a Northman, teacher, author, artist, nature lover, and martial artist living in the remote mountains of Vermont. Archives
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