[How astonished they will be... if they ever get to see it. What would become of him, when he returned to his home? Would he be stripped of his memories and possessions, returned to the very moment he had gone with nary a thought otherwise? Would he be as a man returned from a long journey, weary and laden with the spoils of his travels, ready to speak what would surely seem like madness to his fellows? Would ALASTAIR at least leave him the things that were not so incongruous to his land? Would the amulet she had given him remain, just a heavy silver piece bereft of significance or function she had bestowed it?
Not knowing haunts her, and she can do nothing about it.
She can only accept the pages she is offered, tears welling up anew to see his hand, the words he had written so carefully. How long and ancient seem the days she had spent in Oska's library with him, Patroclus, and Graham, preaching the importance of letters and guiding their learning. Would he lose even this?
Here was the story of Achilles- one she knew well. She had used it in her studies as a child, comparing Greek and Latin and German copies of the tale to learn her languages... but there is far more to this one. If only she would look at it a week from now and find the story changed. Find a passage that hadn't been there before, that spoke of Achilles returning as if delivered by spirits of the air to regale his disbelieving comrades of the adventures of a group called Audentes.
In a week from now she will be too terrified to look, but for now... she chokes down her emotions as best she could, folding the scroll back and clutching it to her chest.]
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Not knowing haunts her, and she can do nothing about it.
She can only accept the pages she is offered, tears welling up anew to see his hand, the words he had written so carefully. How long and ancient seem the days she had spent in Oska's library with him, Patroclus, and Graham, preaching the importance of letters and guiding their learning. Would he lose even this?
Here was the story of Achilles- one she knew well. She had used it in her studies as a child, comparing Greek and Latin and German copies of the tale to learn her languages... but there is far more to this one. If only she would look at it a week from now and find the story changed. Find a passage that hadn't been there before, that spoke of Achilles returning as if delivered by spirits of the air to regale his disbelieving comrades of the adventures of a group called Audentes.
In a week from now she will be too terrified to look, but for now... she chokes down her emotions as best she could, folding the scroll back and clutching it to her chest.]
Thank you.
[For everything.]