A time to move on

[JaeEleutheria]

“Come with me,” Jae said to Falson, taking his hand and pulling him out of the Green Dragon, her dress flowing behind her as she was nearly running.

“What is it?” The sorceror has shedded his normal robes that he was known for and was wearing actual pants for once...

“There is something I wanted to show you.”

She pulled him along the path a section in Dasar where the private homes were. They stood in front of an old burned down home.

Jae sighed. “This is where I used to live…”

Falson nodded.

“Through my recent meditation, while you were sleeping and while hunting, I came to realize that the reaction to everything, ending up with the particular end result you see here was compounded not by one but at least two things. Both things were grieving for a lost loved one, but in different waves…”

Falson simply put a hand on her shoulder. “You don’t need to…”

“I feel I do. Before I can move on I have to look back, accept and learn.”

He just nodded and wrapped his arm around her.

“One thing I have learned is that the worst pain in the world is that of a mother losing her child. Add the loss of a husband…”

Falson pulled Jae into an embrace.

“I believe it was good I hadn’t gotten my powers earlier, or else the end result would’ve been worse… but I was so confused then. I see it clearly now…” She pulled away from Falson and walked to a tiny makeshift grave that appeared to have withstood many years. She knealt down on the ground. “I now thank Ea that she was saved from this war-torn world. In the following years I could’ve hardly been there for her. Where I had went she could’ve very easily been killed or captured by the Varanites… That is no the life I’d wish on anyone…”

Falson was oddly quiet, standing behind her.

“I fear though, that I may have this problem again… that due to this I may never be able to have children…”

Falson moved down to the ground next to Jae. He tipped up her chin and looked her in the eyes. “If we come to that bridge, we’ll cross it together.”

Jae nodded. A small tear glittered in the corner of her eye. “I guess the point of all this is actually very simple, and yet complex.”

Falson just looked at her.

“I love you,” was all she had left to say.

[Peregrinus]

Falson stood slowly, breathing deeply, the last woman who spoke those words to him was dead, slaughtered by the Varanites, and yet, he was pleased to hear them again. Quietly, he offered Jae his hand and helped her to her feet. Drawing her into another embrace, he kissed her lightly on the forehead.

"I love you as well," he whispered to her, taking another look at the small gravestone, "in a way, she was blessed to avoid this land..."

He slowly began pulling her away from the grave and back towards the Green Dragon.

"Jae," he whispered softly as they walked, "I am sorry for your pain and wish I could have spared you from it."

She looked at him oddly.

"But in a way, your pain is what brought you to me... and I have no desire to loose you, loose who you are. At the same time, my past is also full of pain," he paused breathing deeply, "I will tell you of that soon... but for now, I will comfort you, if you will allow me to."