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Eido: {{Quote|Eramiskel. Again, I greet you in the Light. Not as my enemy, but as my savior. You protected me from the Lucent Hive. Without your intervention, I would have died at their hands. I thank you. I was terrified. Not only of the Hive, but of you. When you arrived, I thought it was to follow through on your threat. Then you turned and raised your blade against my assailants. But that same blade would have taken the life of my father, if you'd had the advantage. I am not afraid of what you are. But I am afraid of what you do. The Whirlwind led to you. It led to my father. But it led to me as well. We can see a future for the Eliksni beyond the pain of the Whirlwind, but you think you can't be a part of it. I do not believe that. My father spared you because he saw that you could turn from a path he had once followed. I see this also. I know the futility of this, but I will say it regardless: there is a place for you here. We need not be enemies. Come home, Eramis.}} | Eido: {{Quote|Eramiskel. Again, I greet you in the Light. Not as my enemy, but as my savior. You protected me from the Lucent Hive. Without your intervention, I would have died at their hands. I thank you. I was terrified. Not only of the Hive, but of you. When you arrived, I thought it was to follow through on your threat. Then you turned and raised your blade against my assailants. But that same blade would have taken the life of my father, if you'd had the advantage. I am not afraid of what you are. But I am afraid of what you do. The Whirlwind led to you. It led to my father. But it led to me as well. We can see a future for the Eliksni beyond the pain of the Whirlwind, but you think you can't be a part of it. I do not believe that. My father spared you because he saw that you could turn from a path he had once followed. I see this also. I know the futility of this, but I will say it regardless: there is a place for you here. We need not be enemies. Come home, Eramis.}} | ||
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===Osiris and Ana's chat=== | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|Working late?}} | |||
Ana Bray: {{Quote|Aren't you?}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|Saint wants to know if you'd like some tea, coffee, whatever it is you drink.}} | |||
Ana Bray: {{Quote|That's thoughtful of him.}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|I used to say the same thing. "How thoughtful — thank you, Saint." Except I never looked up, not once. My eyes were on my fingers stained with ink. The smudges on the margins of my work. I cared more about my findings than the tea cooling beside me... or the feelings of the man who made it.}} | |||
Ana Bray: {{Quote|Mm.}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|[scoffs] You're not listening.}} | |||
Ana Bray: {{Quote|I am listening.}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|Then listen well. Your work will outlive you. The people around you might not. One day, you're going to wake up, assuming you've even slept at all... And realize that the world is a very different place than the last time you remembered to look at it. You will abruptly, viscerally regret the absence of something as small as a single cup of tea. So I ask you again... what would you like to drink?}} | |||
Ana Bray: {{Quote|Oolong. With a spot of honey.}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|"A spot of honey." Why am I not surprised?}} | |||
===Elsie and Mara's talk=== | |||
Elsie Bray: {{Quote|But she doesn't listen! I try to get through to her, show her the logical consequences of her choices... Then she digs her heels in, and the more I push, the harder she pushes back, even when she knows she's wrong!}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|Siblings, mm?}} | |||
Elsie Bray: {{Quote|[exhales] Sorry, I shouldn't have thrown all that on you.}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|How long have we known each other, Elsie?}} | |||
Elsie Bray: {{Quote|I... it's hard to really say. With how many times we've been down this road, it feels like forever. But I think... years! [laughs softly] Years.}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|And in all that time, I've only known you as a dedicated sister. Ana's known you for far less. You remember your childhood... the bonds you formed, the trust you built together. She doesn't have that. Ana can't understand the depth of your love or the guilt you carry for your missteps. All she knows is what's in front of her. And that kills you, little by little. You gaze at her, and a ghost gazes back. A ghost you desperately want to save.}} | |||
Elsie Bray: {{Quote|That's the point... isn't it?}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|You have to let people choose for themselves, or you risk driving them down an even darker path than the one you want to steer them from.}} | |||
===Mara's talk with Eramis=== | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|My brother used to regale our people's children with the most fantastic stories. Twin kestrels who shared one heart and led a flock of birds against an unstoppable storm. A dragon, born into the palm of a maiden's hand, but one day grew so large that it devoured the entire world. He spun tales about the Eliksni, too. Weavers who transformed into wolves. Dancers who became devils.}} | |||
Eramis: {{Quote|You're baiting me. It won't work. I've seen what your influence does. Misraaks thinks he can make peace with the Last City. His daughter tells stories like your Uldren.}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|And the world is better for them. Aren't you tired, Eramis? I am.}} | |||
Eramis: {{Quote|Now you're wasting my time.}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|All people like you and I have is time. I spend mine thinking about everything I've lost, and what I'd give to get it back. You wonder the same.}} | |||
Eramis: {{Quote|Do not presume to know my mind.}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|You named your house "Salvation", like something straight out of Uldren's stories. Eido's stories.}} | |||
Eramis: {{Quote|[exhales]}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|We both want the best for the future, but we've pretended to be people we're not for so long that we've forgotten what else we are. Not just a queen, not just a Kell. A sister... a mother. Eramis? Are you there?}} | |||
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