Noctisardor Bypass i fell into my fear, and took a lie for a truth

indra, buried. "i met her vonce," mahler realized with a soft start. "only vonce. i exasperated her." a smile, quick smile; how odd that they had both once shared the name of someone past. "his name vas stigmata." the humour fading into something more wan. "ve built diaspora together. i vhelped his children."
grief, trickling into his heart, first for the ironwolf and then for the daughter he had lost upon moonspear. and nyx.
he must go to moonspear; he had been so bound and failed again.
"i built sagtannet for him. and from that ash came rivenvood. finally. it is my own."
a breath stuck in mahler's throat.