Primal Era - Boko Saat and the Oasis, II

( Part I  )

The men of the deserts soon found the oasis of Boko Saat's design, awed by the life that had sprung from the dead sands. They looked to the Second Son and asked how he had done such a thing, and he only motioned for them to follow him. As he and the men walked through the trees, plucking fruit from the low branches Boko Saat spoke of balance, and the poachers who had left the animal to die, and of how exchange had been ignored. The Second Son told them that to take without giving is what created the vicious burning sands of the north... for this was a place that gave nothing, and took the lives of any that entered it.

The first followers of the Second Son took his words to heart, and traveled from the oasis, taking his teachings with him, and soon many men and women made the trip to the oasis that they might learn from Boko Saat. For a time he remained there, teaching any that came to learn, and all that left were replaced with others seeking knowledge.

He taught them rituals to return balance, allowing his followers to take as they needed, but not leave the world or others without. He and the bravest of his students would enter the wastes and hunt, slaying great beasts, taking all they could carry. Each kill was celebrated, the life of the creature was not in vain, for each received rites of return, each man giving a portion of his life to repay the death of the animals. It was through this that the oasis was made richer, and safer for all that came to live in it.

It became tradition for those that came to the oasis to bring knowledge in exchange for the knowledge they sought to learn. An encampment formed in the oasis, tents stretched for a mile in all directions, and all who lived within them shared knowledge freely, learning and teaching in open exchange. Over several generations the oasis became a town, then a city, then a center of trade and exchange. Any that arrived brought something with them to give, whether it was material goods or knowledge and skill. It was not long before Boko Saat looked upon the dwellers in the oasis, was satisfied with them, and departed without a word.

The oasis thrived on the teachings of the Second Son, even without his presence.