"Hi I am Jack Goldenward. This is how I learned courtesy. You may have
heard a tale from Valdus Darkcaster, he is my friend. here we go telling
tales......
It was a time where I was always selfish, and we were in a
snowstorm. Valdus wasn't having much luck calming the storm, he said and
I was keeping my heat away from Jaide Rubyheart, a life wizard. I
respected everyone around me and recognized that Jaide was freezing, but
I didn't think much of it. Honestly, I didn't understand why I should
help her. Then she showed me her wand and said it would not work in this
weather. I asked why and she said that plants and life magic doesn't
work in snowstorms. I realized that she was hungry and tried offering
her some of my Flaming Good Rations when she said that it might kill
her. I began to worry and offered her some leafy green salad, but she
refused, saying "It would be cold and taste horrid." Alas I didn't
realize what she wanted. Valdus came in and asked me how things were in
here. I quickly replied "Well I am fine but Jaide seems hungry. I have
offered her food, but she dose not accept it. What can we do to help?"
Valdus in response asked "Have you given her warmth?" "Well no. Its my
fire, why should I share it?" Valdus in all his wisdom replied, "Sharing
will get you far. I need to see the ground, so please melt the snow
below us and make the ground fertile." I said that I could only do half
the work and didn't want to warm Jaide. Even so I melted the snow, but
didn't heat Jaide. Valdus summoned his own fire and sat next to Jaide,
to warm her I guessed, but why did he share his flame? Why not keep all
the heat to himself? I saw Jaide use life magic, enchanting the soil and
making it fertile. Valdus planted some seeds and in an instant a grand
blueberry bush sprang up. I kept my heat on the bush, not anything else.
I knew Valdus was going to grow some berries, probably for himself.
When the berries appeared Valdus picked some and took some cooking
supplies out of his backpack and made Jaide a fruit salad.
Ever science then, I have been unselfish to all I see, because unselfishness is a courtesy."
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