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Chapter 8

It has been a most joyous day, most joyous day indeed. It started well, it ended
well, and it was just, altogether, a very lovely day. It began like most days;
I came to the Inn with some poetry in hand, having sat up the night before,
writing to calm my heart. Meora was there, and so were a few others, and they
asked me to recite it, so I did. Midway through, I stopped abrubtly; a familiar
scent had come through the door. There she was, so pure and disarming, smiling
at me, with her eyes agaze.

"Don't speak," said she, "Till I have spoken. Don't break me from this spell of
thee."

And so I stood there, waiting patient, as she spoke to me, her face aglow.

"I am yours, and you are mine, and together we shall be most free. Hold me here,
kiss my lips, love me now, and I will be your wife."

And so I came to be engaged, the fiery Pirate lass my own. Now I'm happy, to be
with Tsyda. Now I'm happy, our hearts entwined.

Ahhh, but this is but the beginning. For you see, there was more that happened
this day. It was a day of many confessions, many tears, and many embraces.
This day wasn't just mine, and it wasn't just hers. One other took part in the
marvel. A cat, a Fela, my dear friend Meora. She has made this day complete.

For it was this day, that I learned her secret, a secret she has shared with few.
It was this day, that she let go, she found peace, and she is free. A confession
she made, a confession most troubling. She had never forgiven herself for the
death of her siblings. We talked about it, undecided. We talked about it, and I
despaired. But then she asked me, her 'older' brother, she asked me to take her
to where the river meets sea. We traveled there, upon the Martyr's Sorrow, and
there, did she, find her peace. A sight to see, this cat so drenched, wading
through the river's tears. She thought and pondered, reflected on her past.
She though and pondered, until she saw. Her past, her present, her future, they
all converged into her life. She saw this, she watched, and finally, she knew.
She understood, and forgiveness was hers.

Yes, it has been a most wonderful day indeed.