The Cape in Bloom
«Talos, Interrupted |
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If only... If only I had... <sniff> |
Thank you again for staying─I honestly could not do this without you...
Sai-Lewq, sir, were there any more tasks you had for us? |
Just one last thing... I want you to gather some pretty flowers from the Split Hull as a gift for my darling wife.
She went out for her usual walk, but has not yet deigned to come home. I fear I may have said something to sour her mood... |
I...understand. We shall gather a lovely bouquet for her then.
Well, Forename. Will you accompany me to the cape for some flower picking? |
This is almost pleasant, isn't it? Aside from the aggressive wildlife, of course.
...I should tell you about Sai-Lewq's wife. She was killed in the eater incident, although I imagine you already suspected as much. They made such a sweet couple. Every day they would walk up this cape, hand in hand, and she would gaze out over the flowers with this warm, contented smile... Sai-Lewq himself has some training as a warrior. He would guard her as if she were a princess, and he her gallant knight... <sob> I'm sorry, it's just... <sniff> |
Wounds of the heart are slow to mend. | Is Sai-Lewq fit to serve as mayor? | ||
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It has been but a year, and we are all still suffering. Some seek to bury the misery beneath cheery faces, and others are yet trapped in the memories of the past. Sai-Lewq, I fear, is one of the latter.
But if a bouquet of flowers is what it takes to help him work through his sadness, then I would pick every bloom from this cape. ...Will you give me a hand to find some of the prettier flowers? Pray think of it as a tribute to the deceased. |
Choose the ones with the brightest petals─those are the kind she loved best, I think... |
Let's see what we have...
Yes, these are beautiful, thank you! Sai-Lewq will be pleased. Let's take them back to Stonegazer before they get crushed in some scuffle. |
If I could but start that day over... |
We made it, and the flowers are none the worse for wear!
Sai-Lewq. Forename and I have returned with the bouquet for your wife. |
Ah, splendid, thank you... Now perhaps she will come... <sniff>
She will come back to... <sob> |
Sir...
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Eueliss, forgive me. I have asked such cruel things of you.
And I must apologize to you as well, Forename. My beloved wife, my dear neighbors, so many gone... After it happened, despair became my only company. I could not even save my closest friend when his torment was plain for all to see. I could never forgive myself... So I embraced this delusion, thinking that maybe if I tried hard enough─if I truly believed they were still alive─that the events of that day would fade away like the nightmare it was. But I succeeded only in hurting those around me... |
I understand why you did what you did, sir, truly I do...
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You always were such a sweet child. I will place the flowers you brought on her grave─she would have loved them.
As for me assuming the role of mayor... I am sorry, but I cannot give you a decision just yet. |
Take as long as you need. In fact, I might need a little time to recover myself.
Forename, if you could give me a moment or two...? |
I am grateful for your understanding...and the flowers you brought. My wife would have very much approved of the selection. |