Falls of the Hinterlands New Goodbye

"How rude of me - Wraen Redleaf," she introduced herself, omitting the second part of her long family name and hoped that her grandfather Aether was not therefore turning into his grave or frowning down at her over his customary lyre from his cloud in the Heaven. She knew that, once Peregrine had settled in Redhawk caldera with his second wife, he had began a new family line and left past behind and sometimes she wondered, if she should not do this herself. In case she never found a mate with a good-sounding, but easier to spell version of surname.

"Oh, I disagree. Death in itself is always incorporated in every belief system I have come to be familiar with. And it's never about fear - there are tales of guys, whose faith was greater than it," she countered. "Anyway... I think it is a more colourful world, if you have some whimsy and creative ways to make it just a bit different. For example... I would much rather believe that I will have an interesting journey ahead of me after I die than the simple and cruel fact that I will simply cease to exist."