Saying Goodbye

If you like music while you read, try "The Other Side" by Ruelle. It's what I was listening to while writing this!

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ELRETH

"How?" she cried. "What…? I thought you were dead! I couldn't imagine—"

"Hollhye and I were traveling in the weeks before the earthquake. We've had… some grief of our own and it was a time just to rest together and make some decisions. If the messengers came, they found our home deserted. We didn't know. Then right after we got home the earthquake occurred and our tree was damaged. We've been working. Just… Elreth I didn't know. This has all happened and I wasn't here, and I didn't know. I didn't get to say goodbye, I just…" He dropped his head into his hands and Elreth's stomach wanted to turn.

"Please don't cry, Uncle Behryn," she whispered.