Let me tell you about the first part of my quest. You might not think this whole thing is big enough to be called a quest, but it is in my mind. So I'm calling it as such.
I went down to the lake. It was shimmering in the sunlight in every shade of blue you can imagine. Little flickers of color were flitting around under the surface. I knew right away these were the type of fish I needed to catch: the Rainbow Facet Salmon.
I got close enough to the water to see them. I spooked them, but they didn't roam far. They were just like how my daddy described them: the length of a grown man's arm, shiny blue eyes with the white pupils, and scales like a stained glass window. I almost felt bad for wanting to catch one of them.
I got out the sachet of diamond chips and put it on a hook. I hung it over the water, just like I was told to do, and sure enough, those fish came swarming around underneath it. Then I lowered the bait into the water.
I didn't think a little bag of diamond chips would chum the water that much. But those suckers were jumping all over each other like it was the last piece of food in the world. I probably could have caught one with my other hand if they weren't so slippery.
The line went taught. I yanked up, and out flew a salmon. It landed on the bank, right next to where I was going to make my fire. I'm not much of a fisherman, or a sportsman for that matter, but that was a pro move right there.
Once I had that fish cooked and ready, I thought about all the beautiful things I was going to see. All the portals that would open, all the veils that would pull away. I could start on the next part of my quest.
I bit into the fish, then opened my eyes to see the world anew.