Mother, May I
“And I am also here for you. Because you are standing at a crossroads of your own. Grief. Love. Memory. Transformation. I will hold space for all of it. Because none of us truly die—we simply become something new.”
Loki joins her, guiding her to the torches that circle the clearing. At the first one, she stops.
“Fire,” she says, “we thank you for Nyx’s passion. Her curiosity. Her spark. Nothing—nothing—could extinguish her light. May all of these gifts return to you, to hold for her, until she returns.”
Baldur hands her the water again. She lets it fall through her fingers, dripping like tears.
“Water, we thank you for the depth of her love, for her kindness and joy. May it flow back to you,
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