legends never die.

ASHE    Her soul full of the thoughts.. No, it came as little surprise that he knew what she came for, what she intended to do. Her surprise was in his presence. For all her determination to reach him, she had expected to put up a fight, to have to search, to implore, to argue her case before the god of death himself would come to her. Instead… here he was. His face painfully familiar, like an echo of another life. His smiles warm and his eyes impossible to draw away from.    Ashe’s brow furrowed, but she remained silent as he spoke. Nothing he said was wrong, though the words bit deeply however gently he delivered them. How many lives had she cut short before they had a chance to even fight for their right to that life? She had wondered it before. She knew what she was, and she had tormented herself more than enough with wondering after the pain she left behind in those that had to live with the death she left behind. But this was Ronin.    Ashe opened her mouth to argue and press her case, to glean something - anything - on what she could do to get his heart beating again and bring him back where he belongs. The god of death continued on, however, and she closed her lips with wary eyes. Her life? She swallowed and adjusted her grip on Kalt’s hand, like holding onto him tight enough would make what Mort had to say easier to bear.    The world seemed to stop existing beyond the sphere of starlight that contained them. Eyes that had been narrowed slowly grew round, her heart stumbling and her limbs growing cold as what he implied settled in her; the realization sank down gently in the murky depths of her soul until it buried itself in all that she was.    Silence had fallen between Death and the wolf, silence filled with the weight of eternity. Her hand went slack in Kalt’s, her grip on the bracers loosened, and her breath left her lungs all at once with a quiet huff of shock. ”Immortal,” she remarked quietly, taking a single step towards Mort with searching eyes. Immortality yawned open before her and threatened to swallow her whole. ’Endlessly it would wander, never reaching the veil of my world.’ ”How? I’m not..” She began shaking her head, uncomprehending. ”I’m just.. I’m not anyone.” Break through the barricade you gotta keep on fighting, facing giants, unafraid born to move these mountains out of your way.