Dustin Bertram’s Reviews > Divine Rivals > Status Update

“I don't think you realize how strong you are, because sometimes strength isn't swords and steel and fire, as we are so often made to believe. Sometimes it's found in quiet, gentle places.

The way you hold someone's hand as they grieve. The way you listen to others. The way you show up, day after day, even when you are weary or afraid or simply uncertain.”

“And I shouldn’t hope. I shouldn’t try to send this. I don’t even know your name.

But I think there is a magical link between you and me. A bond that not even distance can break.”

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“Iris blinked back a surge of tears.

Perhaps it was because this was the first true conversation she had had with her mother in a long time.

Perhaps it was because asters fingers were gentle coaxing memories to the surface…

But she could almost see her brother again, as if the mirror had caught a flash of him.”