In one of those ask and you shall receive synchronicities that define my life path, I decided last night that for my own conscience sake that rather than a complete "not my circus not my monkeys" conclusion to that mess and the threat the lamprey poses to everyone connected to the polar bear, I need to understand better what these shadow beings are and how/where they are slipping through to put defenses there and to reassign the rules to properly deal with them (for example I see NOTHING wrong with an evangelical jesurific Christian who engages in moral bypassing being haunted by Erinyes types who feed upon unatoned/ guilt that is never properly aligned and righted and owned up to BUT whatever attaches to THAT INDIVIDUAL due to THEIR personal choices and actions/inactions ain't got no right going after innocents or trying to attach to feed through anyone's guilt, big or little, whose actions didn't summon them or merit some form of divine retributory justice until they face what they have done and make it right. Erinyes types serve(d) a purpose, but HOW they scourge and WHO they feed upon is something that belongs in an ordered regulated well defined and defended way. Which this clearly was not within a well defined terms of maintaining Ma'at and divine justice forms of guilt eaters as it tracked down a bond to SOMEONE ELSE that the person who had let the being hook into them had formed an attachment twined around/through...) 

Anyway, what I was saying about those funny little "you're on the right path now" synchronicity sign posts. So tonight I found in my inbox an email sent by Sterling Moon in her 2nd annual month medium email that she sent out yesterday (I didn't go through my inbox yesterday, I hadn't gotten to it yet when my maman texted me that she made too much pasta and needed my help to come eat it -- my da doesn't like pasta ever and on Tuesdays he goes to play cards with some friends of his; so I went to go help her with pastapocalypse situation and we drank some wine and we watched some dvred synchronized figure skating competition that she had saved because even if it was awful we could get a laugh at it.) And the email/video from Sterling Moon from yesterday that I read/watched tonight was all about different types of non-human spirits and it included a bibliography list of books she liked and found helpful about each of the main types people seem to encounter. I like her as a medium and as a human. And I like that her advice is to avoid confirmation bias when seeking out teachings while exploring matters of the spirit, to intentionally seek out ways of doing/believing that are different from your own past lore and personal beliefs. Anyway, the timing and synchronicity of that was pretty entertaining to me. Also her advice is good that she included towards handling intentionally cruel/malefic non-humans is don't seek them but deal with them appropriately when encountered -- and if you do, don't tackle anything beyond your ability to handle and/or without the assistance of allies to help handle it -- and if you know you're in over your head go seek assistance from someone reputable who can assist you or has the strength/training to deal with it. 

Also, I don't think Waffles likes piano music. Which is disappointing to me and very much a departure from Audrey and Spock.  Every time I have piano music on, she gets restless and agitated and destructive of her toys or needs to chew aggressively. She seems to love fiddle and strings and nylon string guitar so far, all of those make her calm down and sleep with the biggest smile on her face. (she absolutely adores my recent Dreamers Circus obsession.) But piano music makes her restless and agitated and on guard mode. No idea why.... It didn't used to when I would visit her in Kirkland or when I first brought her home, but I've noticed that over the last month or so it seems to really make her protective agitated restless. I can't tell if it's something tonal or if it's because piano makes me think of Eric (for obvious reasons) and anything that makes me think of him is a potential path back in and she doesn't trust his energy being let in even that very little bit of being reminded of him after what happened when I let him back in for a short while following George Winston's death and the things that feed through the lamprey used the reopening of the bond to him as an excuse to hunt via his connections now she's twined all around and through his life so everything that feeds on/through her can use his connections to find new innocents to feed upon not just feeding on him via her...  It's just strange is all, that ever since that happened piano music has made Waffles more reactive and restless and on self imposed guard duty of me since that event on June 9..... It's been getting worse, especially the last week or so but tonight was the most obvious yet because she was fine until I started listening to some piano instrumental music and then she got very restless and destructive on a bone and protective of me but as soon as I turned it off, she went to lay in her open door kennel and gave a happy sigh before taking a brief snoozle. So it is most definitively the piano music agitating her so much this last week. It isn't clear why.

given her current restlessness agitation and destructive aversion to piano, I'm thinking I should try something other than the Billy Joel playlist for her musical companion when she is kenneled when I run errands or there's nobody to watch her. Seems cruel if she's having such a strong aversion to piano right now to put on piano centric music for her, y'know?