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[vala_child]

*sleeps restlessly* *can't figure out why*

*eventually pulls on a loose fitting dress*

*takes a shawl and goes for a walk, alone*

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[herald_eonwe]

*manifests in front of you*

*places a finger over your lips and looks and listens carefully*

[vala_child]

*quiet, startled gasp*

*mixture of emotions crosses her face*

[herald_eonwe]

*looks quite wild*

*lifts you up into his arms and manifests both to a distant spot, high up the mountain*

Ilaya.

[vala_child]

*looks around in surprise*

I... *tongue-tied for a moment*

I didn't know when I'd see you again...

[herald_eonwe]

*places his hand over your stomach*

*just looks into your eyes*

[vala_child]

*looks back silently*

And I didn't know how I would tell you...

[herald_eonwe]

*kisses your forehead*

Speak to me anyway, Ilaya.

*keeps his hand over your stomach protectively*

[vala_child]

What should I say that you cannot already tell?

*puts her hand over yours*

*remains silent for a moment*

I've missed you so, Eonwe... so very much...

[herald_eonwe]

It is the sound of your voice I crave.

I have missed you too. *closes his eyes* I have been trying to save you... myself...

[vala_child]

*strokes your hand underneath hers*

*searches your face* Save me?

[herald_eonwe]

The darkness. My darkness. I am too weak to cast it off entirely.

*looks into your eyes with desperation*

[vala_child]

*shoulders sink*

*looks down, sad and weary* And so you returned to him.

[herald_eonwe]

*puts his other hand under your chin and tilts up your face*

Almost, save it was another fiend.

*steps back from you and holds up his palms* Destruction seems all I am good for, Ilaya.

[vala_child]

*shakes head almost bitterly* Both then.

*unsettled to see you stepping away from her*

*holds her abdomen* Nay. You've created something.

[herald_eonwe]

*swallows* I fear tainting him. I fear tainting you more.

But when I am not near you, I am no good at all.

[vala_child]

Tainted? This child comes as much from you as from me...

*steps forward, not wanting to believe* Do you not remember how it was that night? To be one?