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'You are awake...! And you are both leaving?' Kreysta sounded at once delighted and disappointed. 'So soon?'
'Alas,' Odo said, 'the world of nations calls us away.'
'We would not have left you without saying goodbye,' Asterith said.
'Indeed, we had hoped you might yet reconsider and come back to civilization with us.' Odo said.
'I can never go back.' Kreysta shook her head, passing through to lay her child down in the makeshift crib adjacent to her own sleeping space in the cave. 'My people would never accept my son. This dear, gracious lady Asterith - whom I now know to be my true queen- has tried to persuade me otherwise, but I know how it would be. So unless she commands me otherwise, then I will stay, and bring the bairn up here, away from any cruelty and anyone who might point fingers.'
'It need not be like that...' Asterith said.
'Oh but it would, my lady...' Kreysta glanced back to them. 'I owe you both the life I have, but my old life was already lost before you found me. I wouldn't wish to meet anyone I knew before... The girl they knew is no more, and may as well stay dead to them. Here will I stay, alone, with the wee one.' She smiled sadly. 'Besides this cave is nice and homely, especially after that other, and I'd miss the view.'
'I'm sorry, but if that is your wish. By your leave we may come back this way after a little while, to see how you are faring.' Odo said.
'You will both be welcome here any time. Oh...' Kreysta reached for something. 'Brave knight, don't forget your cloak! I mended and cleaned it for you.'
'Thank you. Yet keep it if you wish, something to remember me by.'
'As if I could ever forget you.' Kreysta shook her head vehemently. 'A knight of Esa should have his cloak.' She glanced at Asterith, 'is that not so my lady? And I will never forget your kindness to me either.'
'Neither will we forget you, Kreysta, and we leave you with our blessing, and promises to visit again.'
The two young women, who had become friends over the period of Odo's convalescence, embraced. The knight then bowed and kissed Kreysta's hand, wishing her peace. After their final farewells Odo and Asterith left the mother and her Garger child to begin whatever sort of life they might lead in that isolated haven.
THE END
Back to the start of the sequence: [link]
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Odo and Asterith's adventures and tribulations continue here:
[link]
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'You are awake...! And you are both leaving?' Kreysta sounded at once delighted and disappointed. 'So soon?'
'Alas,' Odo said, 'the world of nations calls us away.'
'We would not have left you without saying goodbye,' Asterith said.
'Indeed, we had hoped you might yet reconsider and come back to civilization with us.' Odo said.
'I can never go back.' Kreysta shook her head, passing through to lay her child down in the makeshift crib adjacent to her own sleeping space in the cave. 'My people would never accept my son. This dear, gracious lady Asterith - whom I now know to be my true queen- has tried to persuade me otherwise, but I know how it would be. So unless she commands me otherwise, then I will stay, and bring the bairn up here, away from any cruelty and anyone who might point fingers.'
'It need not be like that...' Asterith said.
'Oh but it would, my lady...' Kreysta glanced back to them. 'I owe you both the life I have, but my old life was already lost before you found me. I wouldn't wish to meet anyone I knew before... The girl they knew is no more, and may as well stay dead to them. Here will I stay, alone, with the wee one.' She smiled sadly. 'Besides this cave is nice and homely, especially after that other, and I'd miss the view.'
'I'm sorry, but if that is your wish. By your leave we may come back this way after a little while, to see how you are faring.' Odo said.
'You will both be welcome here any time. Oh...' Kreysta reached for something. 'Brave knight, don't forget your cloak! I mended and cleaned it for you.'
'Thank you. Yet keep it if you wish, something to remember me by.'
'As if I could ever forget you.' Kreysta shook her head vehemently. 'A knight of Esa should have his cloak.' She glanced at Asterith, 'is that not so my lady? And I will never forget your kindness to me either.'
'Neither will we forget you, Kreysta, and we leave you with our blessing, and promises to visit again.'
The two young women, who had become friends over the period of Odo's convalescence, embraced. The knight then bowed and kissed Kreysta's hand, wishing her peace. After their final farewells Odo and Asterith left the mother and her Garger child to begin whatever sort of life they might lead in that isolated haven.
THE END
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I bet that child would be a different monster that shows kindness, love, loyalty, honor, and trust when he grows up.