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[changerofwilds]

... I loathe this day of the year. Beauty is already fading--why celebrate the day of your birth?

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[captivatingsong]

Why not? It marks another year of life. It is a day to look back on what you have accomplished, and to continue looking to what else the future can bring.

....
How old are you today, Morrigan?

[changerofwilds]

You, bard, have never heard Flemeth's speeches on the subject. One of them, believe me, would give that optimism of yours a fright.

...Twenty-eight if you must know.

[captivatingsong]

....given the speaker, I've no doubt of that. But surely that does not make them as bad as she claims.

....really?

[changerofwilds]

She's my mother. I believe that alone gives you some clue of what I am feeling right now.

Aye.

[bittervictor]

To mock everyone and everything that wants you dead.

[changerofwilds]

It's also a step closer to infirmity. Youth doesn't last forever. Everything fades. Why celebrate that step closer into the maw of death?

[bittervictor]

Because you've made it for another year. There are worse things to lose than youth or beauty.

[changerofwilds]

Really. How could I not know that? Lad, my mother survived for centuries. I believe I know a bit more about aging than you.