What do I know? I've been told almost nothing and found out little more.
The Beach: My earliest memory. So many of us. Countless points of light in, on, under the surf on a moonlit beach. As the fourth moon rose, so too a voice in my head:
"Learn well Lanterns. Know you have died and the greatness of your souls has brought them here. Learn well, ASCEND he MOUNTAIN, PURIFY your FORMS, SERVE the greater GOOD"
From the moans and sighs rising up around me, I guessed my fellow Lanterns heard the same message I did. While the reactions of those around me were of unequivocal joy, I was torn: pulled as I was to serve, something in me recoiled at the idea, and mocked us all for our weakness.
As we train we are always watched. One Trumpet in particular often watches me. He pretends not to, but I can tell he does. Training is easy, I excel, and I have powers the others do not. At the start of each day I find it more difficult to remember my thoughts of the day before - that is why I have chosen to carve my thoughts on this rock. I do not wish to forget...
...And as I carve I marvel at what can be done without hands...Hands! A body! A mind! I was. I AM! If only I could remember more!
Still no details of my former life. Dark images though. I am sure there was more than one body, one mind. I am a concatenation of souls, and I cannot imagine my purpose.
The Trumpet watched today during Target Practice. Very pretty; flashes of light all around. Beautiful and relentlessly boring. I let down my guard and a dark bolt shot from me and poached a poor crab on the beach.
None of my peers found the experience as amusing as I. Our trainers were even less enthusiastic. I met more Hounds and Trumpets while my 'personal' Trumpet hovered in the background. Tomorrow I am to see the master. I am told I must answer: "what is the difference between the lowly crab I killed and the Great Bahamut?" "Purely Physical" is the punchline I want to use, but dare not. Let us see what tomorrow brings!