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[hekas]

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Heset, ???

do you feel you are worthy?

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[hekas]

( uh oh ) Who took it from you? It is a gift to be a mother and many ways to do so

That is my hope. I fear for his safety amongst my kin, amongst the dangers of our home. He is a good boy, but he is... He does not understand the complications of our family.

[choicely]

It was something I was made to give up in order to grant me the appearance I have now.

There are those who would seek to manipulate him for their own ends, I imagine. Or seize advantage of his inexperience.

[hekas]

Is it tied only to that?

Yes. He does not see many for what they are, for what they did to the two of us.

[choicely]

Magic of that nature demands that something be sacrificed in exchange.

Mothers do tend to be more discerning than their sons.

[hekas]

I see. That is not how it works in my home-- Though with lost divinity, one loses beauty as well.

And children often forget, forgive.

[choicely]

I suppose the magic is what has kept me from looking as old as I should resemble by now.

But you haven't. Won't.

[hekas]

And how old is that?

No. Not as long as I breathe.

[choicely]

After the eightieth year, I sort of stopped counting.

Good.

[hekas]

And that is a long time to live, in your world?

[choicely]

Some sorcerers live much longer, but we're also not invulnerable.

[hekas]

Would it shock you, if I considered you young?

[choicely]

Young compared to...?

[hekas]

To me, to my son even.

[choicely]

Thus far, I've met someone who can count to 4,000, here.

[hekas]

And I am older still

[choicely]

No wonder you consider me young.

[hekas]

Eighty years or one hundred, it is a blink of an eye to what I've lived.

[choicely]

It'll only make me more inclined to seek your opinion, you know.

[hekas]

Good. I wish to see more of you.

[choicely]

Come over tonight.