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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tilmamir" data-source="post: 3328612" data-attributes="member: 31628">Miawen:"Sadness and sorrow mix with joy - my mother and grandmother were a blessing and joy to me for many decades, and they endured the painfull destruction of our homelands. But, now they live in the bliss of the higher planes. I am glad they are honored among our people.My sister, Eluvuwien, and I were not close, but not at odds either. The timeless passage of 400 years makes me young whele she is older. I would like to see her again, and hear of her life. Perhaps after the time here, the queen will allow me to visit her.I notice that many young people serve in honored roles. Yourself included. Forgive if I unintentionally insult our people. I have indeed been away too long. When I was growing up, it was the elders - long in experience and years - that held these positions. Even the Queen, as regal as she looks, could scarcely be a few decades older than myself. What, since the exile, has caused this change? Have so many of the elders died early? Has our life span been so shortened? Or, worse, has our culture changed to honor youth and change, rather than the time honored traditions of revering the elders? ...Also, any message to me would better be sent to Alderweg. Are you familiar with it? It is the keep, and village, on the northwest edge of this village where the river leaves the mountains. That, if anywhere, is where I call home for now."</blockquote>