Moonspear Calm Water

It was not easy for the husband to hear that there was no remedy for his wife’s ailments. The answer was that this was just how things went sometimes. The man recalled the time he had explained this concept to a young Val when Shardik had first attacked Sapphique. Life and death were the currency of the living and, in that same concept, the exchange of pain and peace existed.

There could be no good times without the bad… knowing this did not make Njord’s pill easier to swallow

Yet, there was the silver lining that things might possibly get easier for Meerkat.

Njord’s expression was stern, but he gave a stout nod of comprehension.

He would always be there for Meerkat and, hopefully, his constant presence would help ease his wife in some way. “Aye,” he said in agreement with the raindrop’s prescription. “I willnae leave her side an’ make sure she wants fer nothin’.” Njord smiled and turned, ready to follow through with his promise and return to the Sveijarn-Corten ulaq.