therkalexander:“And even if I do come to trust you… or love you… it doesn’t change who we are. Who...

therkalexander:

“And even if I do come to trust you… or love you… it doesn’t change who we are. Who is to say that I’d want to live in this place… forever? Mortals pray to my mother and I for fertile fields. For life— not death. I don’t belong here.” “Believe it or not, I felt the same way when I first arrived here.” Aidon stretched his hand out to her. “Come; I want to show you something.”

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Receiver of Many, Chapter 8