to embrace a dying star

DELPHIA

Delphia hummed low as he spoke, the corners of her eyes crinkling slightly as she was overcome with a resigned sort of sadness at his predicament. "It is unfair and cruel what has happened to you, and so many others pulled from their worlds." she said softly, with the gentle reminder that he was far from alone in this injustice. "And there is nothing I can say to soothe that. There is no cure for this suffering you feel, the unfairness of it all. It is...a harsh reality with but two choices. One, to carry on as you are, merely alive, bending and breaking under its weight in time and gaining nothing. Or two, to step forward each day, rebuilding your family, your friends, your life - reclaiming what you can in spite of your circumstances." she said, shrugging just a bit. Harsh, but true, just like the situation he found himself in.

A wry smile turned towards him as he finally fell silent. "No, new loves and new friends will not outweigh what you have lost. But they will balance the scales in time." she said, confident in this at the very least.

Her face tilted up, looking towards the sky then for a moment. "What will you choose then? Will you continue to be merely alive I wonder?" she said softly, head shaking ever so slightly. "If you wish...I can give you rituals to practice, to help you begin to come to peace with your past...though the spirits tell me that perhaps your heart has already begun to reach out even as your mind begs you run away." she said, voice barely a whisper.

Death has nothing to do with going away

the sun sets and the moon sets

but they're not gone