It was the sound of Hadama's heart cracking as the wand came apart. Not breaking. But a fracture line split through him as one of his last mementos of his friend shattered into leaves and stones on the altar beneath his eyes.
Leaves and stones and the shining white petals of a Lily that was suddenly the most in-demand flower in all of Caido. He reached out to cradle the flower carefully in his large hands and bowed his head to the herald god of Nature. "Thank you, Frey," he rumbled quietly. The flower was tucked carefully into a padded box he had brought to protect it from the sea. Then he gathered the other items that had gone into the wand's creation, tucking them gently into a separate pouch to save. They might have lost their blessed magic, but they still had sentimental value to the mermanta.
He bowed deeply from the water and then retreated from the shrine to be alone with his thoughts. He needed time to swim with his reawakened loss. And then he had a delivery to make.
~Fin~
Leaves and stones and the shining white petals of a Lily that was suddenly the most in-demand flower in all of Caido. He reached out to cradle the flower carefully in his large hands and bowed his head to the herald god of Nature. "Thank you, Frey," he rumbled quietly. The flower was tucked carefully into a padded box he had brought to protect it from the sea. Then he gathered the other items that had gone into the wand's creation, tucking them gently into a separate pouch to save. They might have lost their blessed magic, but they still had sentimental value to the mermanta.
He bowed deeply from the water and then retreated from the shrine to be alone with his thoughts. He needed time to swim with his reawakened loss. And then he had a delivery to make.
~Fin~
