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Somewhere in time...Kathryn managed to read the letter without a single tear. It was strange. Lon was gone...and she would miss him (and his songs...and what might have been)...but, she wasn't sad. She was as still as devoted to her faith as she had ever been, and death was no tragedy to her. The Raven Queen found them all and spirited them away, eventually-and by most accounts, he had died bravely, with a satisfied mind. She liked to think he had taken that from her, and that she had helped him face it with little fear. She would later ask that the Queen find him a special place in her court, someplace where he could play as long as he liked in peace and harmony (forgiving his occasionally raising a bit of trouble), Lons songs dancing on the wind for all to hear.
There would be no mourning a loss today, but the celebration of life lived well. How many would come, she wondered of their old friends and allies, when she told them-most still kept in touch.
Many of them, for they lived dangerous lives, had died in glory or shame, to each his or her own-others, lost and found on their own paths. A few still lived more or less fine. And some, lived very well...
Kat put a hand on her stomach, smiling.
Expecting.
Again.
She would mayhaps name this one Lon...or Lorin, if it was a girl...
Kathryn took out the old journal, and began to read it. It was as much their shared biography as anything-their life, times, hardships, victories-she could see the tears where it had been battered and cut, the old bloodstains (and other sorts of stains) that never quite came out, the subtle scent of the Myrrh she used for her morning rituals sunken into the pages over the years, and the essence of...Lon. Everything about them. It was like she was holding a part of him that was still alive.
This would be one interesting read...and not just for her.
When the World doesn't remember you any longer, I always will, love. Kat thought.