The Wedding of Zell Dincht and Polly O'Keefe

[polly_okeefe]

Dairine got me to the church on time, hollaring out the window at the coachman while we rattled along the cobblestone streets. I hoped Charlie and Coraline were able to keep up in the coach behind.

But there were no other disruptions. Traffic moved smoothly, and before long, I saw the place where our revised wedding would take place. That's when

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Re: Speeches

[wizard_errant]

Dairine thinks this a kind of rite of passage, or something. First Maid of Honour speech? Somehow she's hit That Age When Your Friends Get Married and hardly even noticed. But today is about Polly--who by what's really a stroke of incredible luck mixed with careless planning just got married in Westminster freaking Abbey like the Queen of England or something--so she's going to talk about Polly.

"The first thing that I thought when Polly said she and Zell were getting married," she says, "is that it's a really brave thing to do. Sometimes, because of how the island works, we can get scared easily, and be afraid of making commitments or getting to close to people who might vanish on us at any moment. I know that seems like a depressing thing to say, but it's true. But some people, like Polly and Zell, are brave enoug and in love enough to want to make that commitment anyway, and make sure the universe knows they're supposed to be together. So all the best to Polly and Zell. Congratulations." The last word is said in the Speech--nobody will understand it, but the sentiment leaks through all the same, and it makes it all the more true.