[SE] nothing lasts forever

Don't know when and I don't know why
One day you wake up and you're living a lie

The skyship ride back to Torchline was blessedly uneventful, and once Sohalia touched foot on the streets of Haulani, she couldn’t help but feel safer. At least here the Void didn’t have a hold. Maybe she would stop having nightmares about the yeti and its claws slashing through her torso, about rubies in the snow, about reaching for friends she was too weak to save. 

She was at least put together as she made her way through the streets, though anyone who knew her well would note the dark circles beneath her haunted eyes. She hadn’t died, but she’d been to the brink, and it was not a place to which she wished to return.

The Luminary pushed open the door to the Hanged Man. It was the middle of the day, and the bar was mostly deserted, but she was only really looking for one person, anyway. Fortunately, Flora was behind the bar instead of out with her captain, and for once, Soh ignored the societal pressure that told her to stay on the customer side of the bar since she didn’t work for the Hanged Man. She said, ”Flora, hey,” as she slipped behind the bar to throw her arms around her friend.

Goodbye love, and goodbye pain
Went to the river, didn't come back the same

Sohalia