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Safrin "Ascended." Safrin corrected with a small nod. Watching solemnly as Ashe rose, Safrin chewed the inside of her lip in a manner that made her seem all too mortal and human. And in her grief, truly she was. Safrin herself could not remember the last time she'd clung to a life so possessively as she had done with Ronin. Already she'd cheated Ludo the soul of Aoife just to keep the guildmaster happy. It wasn't proper, she knew...but then again nor was giving this human girl the idea that Mort could bring Ronin back. And yet she'd done both. "Yes. Mort." Safrin confirmed with a gentle nod. Listening as Ashe described how the blade had come to be broken, what it had done for her, Safrin watched as the wolf-girl held it out. With a sigh that had the power to birth galaxies, Safrin reached her fingers out to gently curl Ashe's open hand closed. Not tightly enough to cut the skin on the dull steel of course. "I cannot be a part of this." The goddess said reluctantly. "The Spire...I have done what I can. If you truly want to leave, the Voice...she will help...but it must be her own that open it. It will not yield to anyone else." Safrin said carefully. "I know not what is within, save for the Voice. Whether there are traps I can only guess at. Ludo seems to think the way out is at the top...but there is also a basement. "