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And I swear by all the gods, we’ll preserve the future for you.”
“This ring, a circle that never ends. Will you have it from me and me with it, Morena? I’ve loved you your whole life, and pledge here, in front of all, to love you for all of our lives and beyond them. You’re everything I want in all the worlds, and here I promise to treasure who you are in bright days, through dark nights. I give you all that I am and ever will be, and would take all you are and ever will be if you’re willing. Be mine, as I am yours.”
This ring, a circle that never ends. Will you have it from me and me with it, Harken? I’ve loved you as long as I can remember, and wasn’t so happy about it some of the time. I don’t know why, as I’ve never been happier in all my life than in this moment. You’ve been patient with me, which only made me love you more. I pledge to you all you’ve pledged to me. I won’t promise to cook all the meals, as you’re better at it, but I’ll work this land beside you and tend all on it.”
He yearned to just fly west, to home, to the valley, and, he couldn’t deny it, to Breen.
Choice turns out to be duty for both of us. But I’m here, and I’ll wait. That’s a choice, too, but it’s not duty. I love you. It makes me afraid, and it makes me strong, but either way, I love you. So I’m here, and I’ll wait.
“In every world, I think, all who can must learn and remember and stand against those who never do.”