Role

Chapter 5

Her eyes open very slowly as she looks down at her body laying on the ground.
She is in the spirit and begins to looks around herself... "Have I passed on
to the afterlife?" she asks. But suddenly, a bright light begins to emanate
from the Trees as a beautiful figure, looking almost angelic, comes down to
meet Teldasill's spirit.

"I had thought this time would never come my dear child." spoke the figure.
"Wh.. wh.. what's happening, w.. who are you?" whispers Teldasill. "I am the
wind, I am the beasts, I am everything you have experienced as you have
hidden your.. deformed figure.. in these wilds my child. I am Mother Nature"
says the glorious form before her. Teldasill begins to feel afraid, and
lowers herself to the ground humbly with a bit of fright.

Mother comes closer to Teldasill and places a hand upon her shoulder as she
speaks once more... "You have a piece of me inside of you, I am the reason
you live without pain. The plant that saved your soul, is the plant that has
brought us into direct communion. Others always seek outward things.. outward
signs, but they don't realize it must be placed within thier hearts first..
just like you. Teldasill, I have watched you, waiting for the opportunity to
reveal myself, I have breathed these blessings of beasts into your heart..
because I desire you".

"I.. I.. I don't what to say. I have taken to these woodlands to hide myself
in shame, I have fought for the Tree and I have always sensed more.. but
never dreamed that you were so real... Why would you desire me?" says the
confused gnome.

"Your tools are those that I guide daily, the beasts of the fields, the birds
of the skies, even those that lurk in the sea. You have ran into my arms
without knowing it, and I chose to take you in as mine. Will you let me
nurture you, will you let me guide you, will you aid me in restoring Thera?"
weeps the broken figure.

Feeling such truth within her words, Teldasill agrees and lets Mother
minister to her soul. After growing together for a bit longer, Teldasill's
spirit sinks back into her lifeless body and her eyes open to new life.