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Theodore set out from his house, not knowing when he would see home again, but happy at the thought of what might lay beyond the river. He walked and wondered at the sunrise in front of him. It cast a bright green glow over the sides of the gravel road, illuminating each blade of grass from behind. This, he thought, was the color God intended when he made Green.

Over the next hill, Theodore was surprised to see there was something quite wrong with the sunrise. He found the source of light much closer to himself than expected. In fact, it seemed as though the sun was resting above the ground toward the bottom of the hill he was standing atop, precisely in the center of the road.

All at once he became frightened, yet inescapably drawn to the great Light. He moved forward, squinting to see what could be the phenomenon’s origin. With each step, he could somehow see with greater clarity and detail. Either his eyes were adjusting, or the glow was dimming as he approached. To either side of the brightest part, he thought he could make out the shape of wings.

As Theodore came within a few meters of the blaze, his eyes began to trace a pair of large, robed feet touching the ground, and followed them up to find hands and shoulders well above his own head. He stopped in his tracks, and as he stared upward, a face emerged. It was the smiling face of an Angel.

The being was a giant, more than twice Theodore’s size. It was beautiful and powerful; terrible, yet with a certain inexplicable gentleness, and seemed to be female. She was robed in white, with skin like unstained porcelain and deep blue eyes that kept a remnant of the Light behind them. Theodore stood in awe, speechless, and the Angel slowly knelt, holding out her hand.

“Do not fear,” she said, “for a great Power is with you. You have much to know, and I will be your comfort through all the untamed wild, and your Light in the shadowy places. You may be small in stature, but you will be raised up as a mighty man. Now, follow me; be brave and strong, little Theodore.”