Sisters of Sword and Song

Failure is never final unless you choose it to be.

She whispered, “The world will darken without you.” Straton smiled. “And yet I am at peace, to know you will be its light.

You are not weak. There is steel within you.

My magic is gone, Evadne," he said, mournful. Evadne drew back so she could look at him, "Then we shall have to make our own.

How could one truly be ready for something they had never encountered?

There is always more strength to draw from. You must find where it hides and wield it.

We all hold secrets like breath.

There is steel within you.

Evadne, my heart. My chorus. I would sing with you until the end of days. I would sing with you until my bones turned to dust.

There is steel within me. I will not bend. I will not break.

All this time she had been telling herself to let go, let go. But there was beauty and strength in the holding on.

The words cut, but Halcyon parried them quickly.

And she heard Halcyon’s voice respond, There is steel within you.

The world will darken without you.” Straton smiled. “And yet I am at peace, to know you will be its light.