"Impossible to do so."
"I think it is possible." Her radiance became thoughtful. Then her attention focused. "Ah, her spirit finally leaves."
With a dreamer's omniscience, Raori knew what he saw was not something the average mortal could. The elf maiden's body glowed, lost its form within that light, reappeared as the light lifted upward. Confused, the light hovered for an instant. Features flashed on its surface; a baby's face, a child's, the woman on the ground.
"Welcome," said his beloved. Tendrils of her essence reached out and touched the newcomer.
"Am I dead?" The new one sounded frightened: Her essence became flecked with ultraviolet hues.
"Reborn," said his beloved. She enveloped the newcomer in a soft hug, by which communicating necessary knowledge in one quick instant. When
