what makes a desert beautiful...is that it hides a well, somewhere
"Not at all my dear daughter. This war is a combined effort to remove a bramble that has ensnared part of the river. The water flows more or less as it should, but many are still caught up in the thorns and the unnatural barricade." Mort replies kindly, before falling silent that Delphia might speak.
"Sending those souls where?" Mort asks, his thick brows pressing together. "Sending them to me, where all their hopes and dreams might be fulfilled? Or sending them back into the world to experience pain and war? Why should we do that, simply because the thought of barrenness uneases you?" He wonders gently. "There was a time before you when there was nothing in these lands. There will be a time after you when there is nothing again. Life need not be continuous or abundant to be beautiful."
Reaching out, Mort places his strong fingers against his daughter's shoulders, giving her a reassuring squeeze. "Your heart is perhaps too real, too large for the spirit-form you inhabit." He concedes with a gentle sigh. "But your purpose has never been to provide protection to the living. Only to ensure that no souls find themselves trapped or tricked into being somewhere that they shouldn't."
"Sending those souls where?" Mort asks, his thick brows pressing together. "Sending them to me, where all their hopes and dreams might be fulfilled? Or sending them back into the world to experience pain and war? Why should we do that, simply because the thought of barrenness uneases you?" He wonders gently. "There was a time before you when there was nothing in these lands. There will be a time after you when there is nothing again. Life need not be continuous or abundant to be beautiful."
Reaching out, Mort places his strong fingers against his daughter's shoulders, giving her a reassuring squeeze. "Your heart is perhaps too real, too large for the spirit-form you inhabit." He concedes with a gentle sigh. "But your purpose has never been to provide protection to the living. Only to ensure that no souls find themselves trapped or tricked into being somewhere that they shouldn't."
