Lo! A Light Here Shines (3/3)
anonymous
January 4 2013, 03:30:57 UTC
I can feel my lungs aching for breath. My body is on the verge of peace, but now is wracked with pain. I have never been so clumsy, so slow, as to let a blade slip through this body. I cannot see. I see only stars, and light, and darkness. Kolyat is here. My son is here. He is murmuring prayers beside my bed, the names of the ancients invoked not to slow my passing, not to heal this broken body, but to ease its pain and to absolve the many stains remaining on my soul. My son. My Kolyat. He has learned well, and will keep the traditions alive. He prays for peace, not for miracles; he prays for a gentle passing - he prays for the waters to slip over his old, aching, shattered father. He is a good son. He is a better son than I was a father
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oh my god, a!a, this was better than i could hope for. thank you so much!!! i would love the epilogue if you feel okay posting it, but i do think it's a beautiful ending as-is, so i'll leave it up to you :)
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What to choose?
Words floated through his mind, a shiver running down his spine.
" … he will have to trust not in himself, but in those who place their faith in him."
He set his jaw and looked away from the insolent gleaming face.
A/N: deleted comment was me derping and de-anoning. So glad you like, OP and anon! Cross-posted to FFN, too, just for the heck of it.
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