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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hewligan" data-source="post: 4209009" data-attributes="member: 19688">Karothen moved with Eldan to the table in the kitchen, now cleared of dishes. His hands moved to his cloak pocket, feeling inside for the soft bundle that contained the broken statue. He placed it gently on the table.She brought me this. It was broken when she brought. Perhaps a bit less broken than it is now. A little statue things with wings ... it confused me. I could tell she thought it was precious, and she asked me to fix it. I can fix things. I have a gift for it. I fixed a belt today. I fix tools. I can even fix leather and mend wood. It is what I do. I am the fixer.He paused, perhaps realising he had become a little passionate.I tried. Really I tried. I put everything else aside and I focused on it. I did try and mend it, really, I did! But when she saw it, she was sad, and she threw it down and ran from me. Nobody is ever sad about my repairs. Nobody ever thanks me, but that is okay, because I know I have helped them, and that is enough. But with Jeillia, I really wanted to help, and I wanted her to smile, but she cried, and threw it down, and broke it even worse than before. I didn't try and fix it after that. I collected all the pieces. I knew I had got them all because I had spent so long fixing it the little thing was known to me. I could have placed the pieces together in the dark, I knew it so well. And then I kept it wrapped up, nice and safe. I thought she would come back for it. But she never did.He paused, looking concernedly at the living room.Do you think she is listening? he asked. Eldan shook his head. Karothen took this as a signal to continue.I guess I would have carried it around for a while, until eventually I forgot why I was carrying it, but then today, when I was working, I found another piece of the statue. But not a piece that I had just failed to find. No, definitely not. I knew I had found all the bits. This was a new piece, and in a drawer I use all the time. I don't know why it was there, or who put it there, but it was there, and I thought that maybe this was important. I thought ... I thought ... a bit of me thought that maybe Jeillia had put it there are a message for me. I guess I hoped she had. It seems clear now that she didn't. But more importantly, I need to let her know. This is her statue, and it was broken, and perhaps I messed things up, but I want to make them better again, and now I have found this new piece, perhaps that will make things better. I hope....He paused. Should we go talk to her?</blockquote>

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