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{{quote|I wear the mask. Pieces of it, not sanded down, are rough and sharp against my face, but I dream for the first time in my life.|The Sixth Speaker}} | {{quote|I wear the mask. Pieces of it, not sanded down, are rough and sharp against my face, but I dream for the first time in my life.|The Sixth Speaker}} | ||
While all previous Speakers recollected their ability to dream, the Sixth Speaker lacked this quality, or rather was unable to remember if he dreamed at all. Following [[The Collapse]], the previous Speakers scattered | While all previous Speakers recollected their ability to dream, the Sixth Speaker lacked this quality, or rather was unable to remember if he dreamed at all. Following [[The Collapse]], the previous Speakers scattered across the world with refugees.<ref name="Sing">'''Bungie (2019/12/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Dawn]] PlayStation 4, [[Lore:Constellations#Singing|Singing]]''</ref> | ||
The Sixth Speaker was mentored by another unknown Speaker and never met another individual with that title in his life. Usually the post was reserved to those who were able to hear [[The Traveler]] through their strange lucid dreams which blinds them in white light and | The Sixth Speaker was mentored by another unknown Speaker and never met another individual with that title in his life. Usually the post was reserved to those who were able to hear [[The Traveler]] through their strange lucid dreams which blinds them in white light and induces painful headaches. | ||
His mentor however was unable to able teach the Speaker about the dreams, rather | His mentor however was unable to able teach the Speaker about the dreams, rather taught him through hypotheticals. The Speaker had to imagine what the dreams were like and speculate when the Traveler will awake.<ref name="Sing"/> | ||
He memorised the four tenets all the Speakers lived by: | He memorised the four tenets all the Speakers lived by: | ||
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:*The Traveler will leave. | :*The Traveler will leave. | ||
Sadly his mentor was stricken with illness and died as a result, leaving the Sixth Speaker as his replacement who thought he was unfit to take the role. He believed his teachings were imperfect and secondhand | Sadly his mentor was stricken with illness and died as a result, leaving the Sixth Speaker as his replacement who thought he was unfit to take the role. He believed his teachings were imperfect and secondhand since his mentor lived to see when the Traveler was awake. To change this, the Speaker worked on a secret project and gathered scraps of metal. He then pieced them together with strange technology and calibrated it to his needs. | ||
The Speaker notes how astrophysicists of the past recorded sounds from the planets and turned them into music and that The Traveler also made sounds. The Speaker built a mask to amplify this as previous Speakers were able listen to the Traveler's Song in the form of dreams. As he wears the mask, he is finally able to dream for the first time.<ref name="Sing"/> | The Speaker notes how astrophysicists of the past recorded sounds from the planets and turned them into music and that The Traveler also made sounds. The Speaker built a mask to amplify this as previous Speakers were able listen to the Traveler's Song in the form of dreams. As he wears the mask, he is finally able to dream for the first time.<ref name="Sing"/> | ||
