| "And we leave our children," Valentin saidSons... 875 |
[Mar. 4th, 2010|03:14 am] |
"And we leave our children," Valentin saidSons and daughters who will remember usBabes in arms our wives and grandfathers will teach when they grow up to know the story of the River Deisa, what happened here, and, even more, what we were in this province before the fallBrandin of Ygrath can destroy us tomorrow, he can overrun our home, but he cannot take away our name, or the memory of what we have been
"He cannot," Saevar echoed, feeling an odd, unexpected lift to his heart"I am sure that you are rightWe are not the last free generationThere will be ripples of tomorrow that run down all the yearsOur children's children will remember us, and will not lie tamely under the yoke
"And if any of them seem inclined to," Valentin added in a different tone, "there will be the children or grandchildren of a certain sculptor who will smash their heads for them, of stone or otherwise
Saevar smiled in the darknessHe wanted to laugh, but it was not in him just then"I hope so, my lord, if the goddesses and the god allowThank you for saying thatNot between us and not this nightThe Triad guard and shelter you tomorrow, and after, and guard and shelter all that you have loved,"
Saevar swallowed"You know you are a part of that, my lordA part of what I have |
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