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Ethari looked closely at his newly forged blade, something looked odd.....Why was there a flash of white?
A reflection slowly appeared. Rayla?
Yes, it was her. She looked at him excitedly, waving her hands up and down to catch his attention, then mouthed"hold hands". Ethari still needed to perfect the blade, but he didn't have the heart to refuse.
He held out his hand, searching for Rayla's. A hand touched him. Rayla started to appear.
"I have a surprise for you!" She practiclly sang , dragging ethari into the forest.
Ethari sighed and followed: "What is it?"
"It's a surprise."
They continued along the path. Ethari saw a small figure in the distance. It seemed like a moonshadow elf.
Closer......Closer......
Was that Runaan?
No, it coudn't be. Runaan was dead. A hallucination. That was it, a hallucination.
But as Ethari got more and more close, as the elf looked clearer and clearer, more and more like Runaan, he was starting to doubt it was fake. But Rayla was here......
Or was this all his hallucination?
Rayla looked at him closely: "Are you alright?"
He shook his head, trying to clear his mind: "Yes, I'm-I-"
Suddenly, he felt like he was falling. Rayla was disappearing. The world he wanted so much was crumbling.
Ethari woke up with a start.
The moon shined brightly.
It was a dream.
He was alone.
He was alone.
He was alone.
Tears threatened to fall.
He didn't stop them.
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Somewhere in the other side of the world, there was an elf walking into the gap between life and death.
Somewhere, three lost souls were saved.
Two reunited.
One waiting.
Wait. Was that a lotus rising?