Neverwinter Forest my undoing, oh my love,

melted beneath kisses, she returned affection however she could. a crooning note in her throat. a songbird but not trapped. one who was keen to show off its singing and its life.

do not go, she wanted to beg. it will be colder without you, her heart wished to weep.

go, be strong. her spirit knew this was right. that it was to bind them. that a price paid would allow them their winter wedding.

they are different from even sunshine people, she told him now. you might see men with many wives and even more children. her voice teased and she recalled the sealhunter she knew with little pain.

they are kind, though. the one she recalled had listened to her, had not ever been rude. i do not wish you gone, but i know you will be safe.