The bubble of psychic energy rose from the river, encasing within the bubble of water a serene looking ancient dolphin. As the bubble drifted towards the shore, dripping water in a rhythmic, calming tempo, a crowd gathered expectantly at the shore of the Amazon. Succubi, Human, Leelah, (though the difference was blurring in recent days with the decision to create a true Lilin species through genetic modification of the population into one race with the beneficial characteristics of all the participant species) gathered at the river shore to listen to the Venerable Dolphin Teacher.
“Ah, friends. It gives my old heart much joy to see that you have all gathered yet again to listen to the ramblings of an old Dolphin like me! Ecstasy bless me, you are all such a good crowd. Where did I finish yesterday?”
“You were explaining to us just what the circle is!” a young child in the front of the crowd called out.
“Ah, yes, Perhaps you, my young friend, can tell us what the circle is?” The dolphin asked, with a soft chuckle.
“Well, you were saying that it was impossible to truly describe the circle. You said that it was life, and death, that It is everything around us, and is us, the air we breathe, the food we eat, the dreams we have at night. You said that nobody could truly explain the circle, nobody could tell another what the circle is.”
“Yes, yes, very true. The circle is unfathomable, and yet an ever present aspect of all our lives.”
“So, the Circle is God?”
“By God, you mean an entity in the sky, watching, Benevolent, omnipotent, omnipresent? Not at all. The circle is not a being! The circle is… Oneness with everything, communion with the eternal, both knowledge and oblivion. “
“And how does one “commune” with the circle?”
“By the best possible way. By the completion of the circle, by the beginning of a new circle! By the act of procreation. The pleasure there… is the best means of communing with the Absolute. I am tired, now. I’ll see you all tomorrow, I hope.”
And with that, the bubble slipped softly back beneath the waves.