The Swordsman and the Butterfly

I was sitting in the shadow of a great oak tree, facing the river when upon my knee a purple butterfly with red spots landed waving its little wings slowly...

"Hello little butterfly" I said knowing I would get no response from it, afterall it was merely an Insect....

The little butterfly merely flutterd its wings as if it was replying in its own way, this made me raise an eyebrow... what Insect could understand human words...

"You are probably tierd little one, if you want to rest better please do so upon my hat" I said softly to the butterfly...

Again it flutterd a bit with the wings but slowly flew up on my hat where it put itself down to rest... fluttering its wings now and then as if it was asking something...

I looked around to see that nobody else was around, I had allready been caught once talking to animals and they allmoust sent after the Monks...

"Little Butterfly" I softly said...took a little breath then continued "Your life seem so simple, and my day has been so complicated..." I paused and looked around again, then satisfied with seeing no other living person around I continued..."I have done so many things for them, yet they fear me for being a Dream Chaser.." The little butterfly flutterd its wings and then flew off north towards another field of flowers... happily living its own life...

I stood up, picked up the sword I had put against the tree and readjusted my hat ..silently thanking the little butterfly and its easy life for showing me the way to move on and not dwell in my past and spoke a little prayer to the butterfly "May your path never become like mine little butterfly, may the field always bring you the best of flowers..." then I walked towards to the sun in order to leave the village alone..

The Peacefull village would never be botherd by this swordsman again... nor would he be able to come to their aid when they needed him....yet that he did never spend a thought anymore as he walked away into the outlands..