In which that sound you hear is our heroine's heart shattering into stillness.

[miniyal]

Who: Miniyal and Issa
Where: Weyrling complex
When: Morning on the 21st day of month 10, turn 3 of the 7th Pass.
What: One can only guess that Issa drew the short straw. She appears early in the morning to deliver the bad news to Miniyal.

Comments

[roatelgari]

So nicely done on both parts. I can see the

[mastervain]

It is so powerful that the first thing Miniyal does is reject her tears and take on, instantly, precisely, the widow's role. These people must be notified. They must know I'm carrying on. She honors him this way, by being his widow.

And that the last thing is Oshisyth saying, let her cry.