Noctisardor Bypass morgenstern

mahler had watched sequoia settle into motherhood. the more jagged of her edges seemed to be departed now. while he was disappointed to hear her decline, he was not surprised. "you helped me to build rivenvood. i vould be remiss not to ask you."
to wylla. he let breath escape his nostrils. "she is angry you told me at all, as it has been time between the incident and now. i asked her to talk to you, and — it still must happen."
"she does not know of this, because i have only decided it, and she has gone. i vanted to ... parse the snarl here, between you before it happened."
"i should have allowed to two of you to speak. this is part of the reason i believe i am no longer fit to lead."
he had spoken so much. mahler chose to silence himself now.