[Voice]

[asouroldelf]

[There is a strained, stricken cry, born of something that seems more rage than sorrow. It's followed by a muddled crash of metal and shattering crockery. The din ebbs to the fractured rhythm of labored breathing, trails off into a solid moment of silence that is punctuated by one ragged sob. It is a long, long moment before she speaks, and then it

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[myownmemory]

Avari?

...we haven't found everyone yet?

[asouroldelf]

They ain't what took him. Nothing could.

[myownmemory]

Took who?

[asouroldelf]

Karasu. Filitya...

[myownmemory]

Gone? Now?

What a time for them to take more people away!

[asouroldelf]

Told him. Told him, I'd drag his ass back here. And what's he do. Off into his bleeding Lifestream. And him off to gods know where.

Ingrates.

[myownmemory]

I don't think they'd do it on purpose, Avari.

[asouroldelf]

What's it matter? D--Gone is gone.

[myownmemory]

People have come back before.

[asouroldelf]

Just get taken off again.

[myownmemory]

I won't. I'll be here.

[asouroldelf]

[A grunt.]