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75122, Quivdereayeh's Role Chapter 35
Posted by Death_Angel on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM

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Chapter 35


A Diamond for a Pebble
Added Wed Sep 7 19:54:40 2022 at level 51:

Through time I grew closer and closer to Dichael. His path, like mine, was bent
toward the Light. But his walk was shorter than mine, by quite some amount of
time.

In a way I always knew this would be so. Humans do not live as long as my kind.
They burn brighter but faster. I am an ember, I am metal on fire, and I somehow
fell in love with a man made of timber, made of cloth. Burning quickly and
absolutely. He achieved his goals, first to shed the darkness he had found
himself under, and later, by the androsphinx as I was, his soul was Lightened.
It was a joyous time. But it was short. Shorter than seemed fair to him,
shorter than seemed fair to me.

Losing Odren. Losing Dohri. Losing Dichael. It was so much loss. I had the
things they had given me. Wisdom to spare, but also gifts, including a diamond
carved into the shape of a drow woman in the snow. In time Lady Azorinne would
console me and remind me of the long years I had left to live, and that loss
was the price I paid for them. But in the present of it, and without yet
achieving my own goals of redemption, I was distraught and prone to despair.

I came to the lake near the mines where the child I had strangled so many years
ago, only to see a young boy in the same spot. I smiled at him and he returned
the smile. I asked him if he was awaiting his parents, and he said he was, and
that he was scared they would not arrive. I offered to wait with him until they
did.

He told me he got lonely. I told him I had been lonely too, but I remembered my
friends and that helped a little bit. Even if they were gone.

I said, one of my closest friends gave me a gift, and it helped me remember
him. But I don't think I need it anymore, would you like to have it?

He nodded, excitedly, and I reached into my bag and pulled out the diamond
statue. I had no more need for it, so I handed it over.

You can keep it for as long as you need to, and maybe one day you can give it
someone else who needs it, I said. Gifts are nice ways of showing people we
care.

With that, and with a face full of joy, he dove into the lake. At first, I was
concerned, and thought I might need to jump in after him. A moment or two
passed and he returned to the surface.

I found the one for you! And he handed me a pebble as he shouted his discovery.

I took the pebble, a plain blue orb that suddenly meant the world to me and
thanked him, holding back tears in my eyes.

I think I hear my parents, he said, and with a wave he was gone.

We're never alone for long.