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The shrine did not answer immediately.
Instead, a hush fell over the surrounding snow, so profound that even the wind seemed to still in reverence. Then—softly, deliberately—the air shifted. It was not heat that arrived, but warmth nonetheless, suffused with something ancient and immense. Starlight bloomed like frostfire across the altar as Safrin appeared, not in haste or grandeur, but with the poise of someone who had already seen the moment unfold countless times in the weave of the cosmos.
She stepped forward in silence, her gown trailing behind her like the memory of night, until she stood before Sah. Her eyes—still shadowed with grief, but steadier now—fell upon the offerings he had laid out. One by one, her gaze lingered: the sapphire-studded sheath, the glass sculpture, the pendants. And though she said nothing at first, the faint tremble at the corner of her mouth betrayed the way the sun-shaped necklaces pierced something deep.
With reverent care, she reached down and touched the pendants. Not for long, just enough for the blood to vanish in a shimmer of light, leaving them shining and whole. Safrin turned her gaze to him fully then, her expression unreadable. "You’ve done well, Sah," she said quietly.
Sah has received
Little Sun | Twin pendants. When the button of one is pressed, it teleports the holder to the other pendant regardless of distance. One use only.
Instead, a hush fell over the surrounding snow, so profound that even the wind seemed to still in reverence. Then—softly, deliberately—the air shifted. It was not heat that arrived, but warmth nonetheless, suffused with something ancient and immense. Starlight bloomed like frostfire across the altar as Safrin appeared, not in haste or grandeur, but with the poise of someone who had already seen the moment unfold countless times in the weave of the cosmos.
She stepped forward in silence, her gown trailing behind her like the memory of night, until she stood before Sah. Her eyes—still shadowed with grief, but steadier now—fell upon the offerings he had laid out. One by one, her gaze lingered: the sapphire-studded sheath, the glass sculpture, the pendants. And though she said nothing at first, the faint tremble at the corner of her mouth betrayed the way the sun-shaped necklaces pierced something deep.
With reverent care, she reached down and touched the pendants. Not for long, just enough for the blood to vanish in a shimmer of light, leaving them shining and whole. Safrin turned her gaze to him fully then, her expression unreadable. "You’ve done well, Sah," she said quietly.
Sah has received
Little Sun | Twin pendants. When the button of one is pressed, it teleports the holder to the other pendant regardless of distance. One use only.
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