Greatwater Lake i was just an only child of the universe, and then i found you

Wielding a spear, it is stabbed within his heart; echoing a pain that has been covered numerous times to no avail. It is an accusation that he has no right to deny; in truth, he had, when time and time again he was given lies in place of truth. The ironhold his parents held upon him shackled him; a mistake that Aldric must live with for the rest of his days, yet he adventured and corrected his ways before too long. That is why he is now here.

Black rimmed ears swerve backwards, silence an answer, as she unravels her own side; of her trying, fighting against nature and the goons of Minrathous. Never once had Aldric blamed her; perhaps that is where he led the conversation astray, made Nirali feel as if she must justify herself in his eyes when he lays his bleeding heart before her.

»I know,« he says. »That is why I am here.« The doubt rests not in her words, but in his own worth. It saddens him that these thoughts plague him, seeping unwantedly. He sinks into the grave he dug.