“Too long.” It still amazed her how time could feel so differently. These last few years have felt like the blink of an eye, and now, with Alke, it felt like no time had passed at all since the last they spoke. “Well, those phases normally pass. In the meantime, let us focus on the present, and reflect on the future. There must be happier things to think on.”
Good friends could make that happen, though. With Sif they could not see each other for thousands of years and pick it up like they’d never left it off to begin with. “Oh, there are. I focus on my oathbound and my duties for the most part.” It was the only way to get by in the face of not having any war to fight - she was bored.

















