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<blockquote data-quote="Iron Chef BBQ" data-source="post: 2973113" data-attributes="member: 1844"><p><strong>Farewell, My Firend (04-21-04)</strong></p><p></p><p>Kalina kneels beside her fallen friend. She brushes the snow and ice off of his still body, the melting fragments mixing with her tears. Slowly and carefully as if not to inflict further injury, she lifts the mighty form. She walks into the woods ignoring the complaints of her muscles as they struggle with their burden.</p><p></p><p>The woods are still as she passes. The wind does not stir; birds look down quietly from branches above; deer watch from the brush. Kalina doesn't notice them. Nature's voice is silent.</p><p></p><p>A small clearing opens in front of her. Sun glints through the branches above softly illuminating an area of soft green grass. Wildflowers happily dot the clearing not understanding the solemn occasion. This is the place. Kalina softly places Fang in the clearing and begins her work. She asks the trees, shrubs and flowers for assistance in building an altar. For hours she works; weaving branches, vines, and blossoms into living tribute to the goddess Denev and to her lost companion. Without Kalina's notice, plants come to her aid as vines of ivy stretch to knit branches together into a stable and protective canopy.</p><p></p><p>Kalina loses track of time. Exhausted, she reclines alongside the still shape of her friend. She imagines his voice in her mind, and then shudders at the silence of its absence. She ponders the decisions of her past, remembering when she fled the city and her family to escape the pain that can accompany love. She gave herself to Nature, to Denev. She followed the path of the druids in near isolation. And then came Fang.</p><p></p><p>At first he was simply a ghost in the forest; his presence noted only by a crushed leaf here, a snapped branch there. He watched and followed at a distance, curious about the melancholy emanating from the half-elf. Kalina was cautious at first. Eventually, she became accustomed to the mysterious presence and her caution turned to curiosity.</p><p></p><p>Sitting beside the body of her friend, Kalina cannot recall when she realized that she and Fang had become inseparable. It just happened. Through her tears she laughs, for she once again feels the pain that true love can bring. Her "escape" from the city could not free her from that which she now understands to be a basic emotion and need. </p><p></p><p>Kalina prays to Denev for answers. Finally, exhausted, she collapses and sleeps once more alongside her best friend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iron Chef BBQ, post: 2973113, member: 1844"] [b]Farewell, My Firend (04-21-04)[/b] Kalina kneels beside her fallen friend. She brushes the snow and ice off of his still body, the melting fragments mixing with her tears. Slowly and carefully as if not to inflict further injury, she lifts the mighty form. She walks into the woods ignoring the complaints of her muscles as they struggle with their burden. The woods are still as she passes. The wind does not stir; birds look down quietly from branches above; deer watch from the brush. Kalina doesn't notice them. Nature's voice is silent. A small clearing opens in front of her. Sun glints through the branches above softly illuminating an area of soft green grass. Wildflowers happily dot the clearing not understanding the solemn occasion. This is the place. Kalina softly places Fang in the clearing and begins her work. She asks the trees, shrubs and flowers for assistance in building an altar. For hours she works; weaving branches, vines, and blossoms into living tribute to the goddess Denev and to her lost companion. Without Kalina's notice, plants come to her aid as vines of ivy stretch to knit branches together into a stable and protective canopy. Kalina loses track of time. Exhausted, she reclines alongside the still shape of her friend. She imagines his voice in her mind, and then shudders at the silence of its absence. She ponders the decisions of her past, remembering when she fled the city and her family to escape the pain that can accompany love. She gave herself to Nature, to Denev. She followed the path of the druids in near isolation. And then came Fang. At first he was simply a ghost in the forest; his presence noted only by a crushed leaf here, a snapped branch there. He watched and followed at a distance, curious about the melancholy emanating from the half-elf. Kalina was cautious at first. Eventually, she became accustomed to the mysterious presence and her caution turned to curiosity. Sitting beside the body of her friend, Kalina cannot recall when she realized that she and Fang had become inseparable. It just happened. Through her tears she laughs, for she once again feels the pain that true love can bring. Her "escape" from the city could not free her from that which she now understands to be a basic emotion and need. Kalina prays to Denev for answers. Finally, exhausted, she collapses and sleeps once more alongside her best friend. [/QUOTE]
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