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something great and powerful occurs in the citadel.
silence, serenity, sorrow, saber, and sand. robed, wise, ancient, the archmages of the citadel, masters of their magic. to the side, steel, straight-backed and familiar. it begins, that something great and powerful; a name, breathes the magic, breathes the wind. from the side, whispered, under the ringing of that great bell, suvirin kedberiket. in her mouth, it is cradled, precious, proud. suvirin kedberiket, whispers steel, sword of the citadel, your mother’s dearest friend (she loves you, suvi. she saves you time and time again. she has you, suvi, daughter of stone.). behind it, below it, echoed a thousand times in anger and in joy, in fondness of friends like family, in stone and softness, suvi.
says sorrow: speak now, suverin, suvi kedberiket, daughter of soft and stone, archmage apprentice, friendloverdaughtersister. speak now, and tell the world, in order and defiance of what may be perceived, what you truly are.
remember the sky, suvi. heavy, pinning, smoky breath. the weight is yours. years and ages, glory told thrice over (thrice has there been a wizard sky. will you be next, suvirin kedberiket? have you the strength? have you the memories?). the burden is yours. choose it. speak it and make it so.
remember the dead of night at six years old. snow falling like ash, ash like snow from the all-seeing ceiling. the sky persists. persist, suvirin.
you are the wizard sky.
asks saber, archmage of war: what power, then, holds the wizard sky?
speaks sand, bright beacon, at home in the desert: what cannot be seen, whose weightless weight we bear each day upon our shoulders. that is your choice, wizard sky (suvi, suvirin, hold it. be strong suvi. be brave.)
sorrow stands (an age ago, amidst great and powerful magic, they told the world their name. sorrow, they said. do you wonder, suvi, what they remembered?). things eternal, that have been with us since the dawn of time. wisdom in the watchfulness of a constant partner. ever above, defined by its distance. (your sentence, wizard sky. your burden and your power. take it and be glad, for today you are born again. today you are forgotten and remembered anew.)
let it be known that vastness is yours, wizard sky (suvirin kedberiket, vastness is yours. distance is yours. the weight of the many stars is yours, wizard sky.)
many who have destiny curse it. but what a burden to be able to choose any path under the sun? (it is yours, suvirin. wear it with grace, and do not falter.)
something great and powerful occurs in the citadel.
she is called sky!