***Blue’s POV***
Isiandor took us to my home in Zelo, and her ship was sailing back to her magically from Gillridor. I put her straight in bed, for she had not slept well in almost two years. I pulled the blankets up around her and then sat beside her, smoothing her hair back with my fingers. She looked at me with tears in her eyes, and then she wrapped her arms around me as she began to cry. I held her close to me as she let everything out. She cried, and yelled, and spoke her mind about Istoviir’s death, while I did my best to comfort her. She expressed everything that she had been holding in, and she exploded and released like a dam that broke and flooded the valley. I had never known her to be so vocal, or emotional before, and I just held her and let her get all of it out.
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