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Astrals, it is beautiful! I can only imagine what a sight he must have been. It is quite similar to yours too. I see you weren't exaggerating that.

[It is much larger than Regis was expecting. He isn't sure why. Perhaps, because Era herself is so tiny.]

Oh yes. Already, I have had several chefs worry for their positions because they tried to sneak some vegetables into his food. I know it is a useless endeavor, but I do appreciate their attempts.

He was so tall too! Over seven fulms. Nobu was nearly as tall. My grandmother was tall for an auri woman as well. My biological family were all tall, yet I am small even for an auri woman.

The woman who birthed me had hair like silk soaked by jet black ink. Nobuyuki pressed a flower into a letter that was the colour of her eyes. They were a bright violet, with limbal rings the colour of rich plum skins. Her skin was like a pale lilac shadow, and the shape of her horns was like mine.

Her name was Sayuri. He loved her dearly. My grandparents didn't like her, but he understood her duty would always come first, you know?

I haven't told anyone else about her yet.

[ She has complicated feelings about her biological mother, but in the end Era knows she doesn't begrudge her what she did. She is the Crystal Bearer; the Warrior of Light. Duty and its constraints is something she understands all too well. ]

The poor chefs! 😂 I would like him to eat more vegetables for the healthy vitamins and minerals, but so long as he manages a balanced diet without them I am happy.

When you describe Sayuri like that she reminds me of my Aulea. She was small, but as bright as fierce as they come. If she had not passed so soon, Noctis would have been luckier than you, I suspect. Her duty was always to me and her son first, even when she knew that my duty had to be the Crystal and Lucis first. Perhaps, that is why she made her duty that.

[There is no way for him to know that for sure, but he can't help but know deep in his heart that it is the truth.]

Thank you for sharing her story with me. My family didn't like Aulea either, as you know, but that doesn't mean her story or Sayuri's should not be known and told to their children. I know I regret not telling Noctis more of Aulea back home. He should have known her better.

Had she loved Nobuyuki any less she would have ended my life before it began. This is why my grandparents disliked her.

[ She would rather Aulea not be compared to such a person. ]

[Those words make Regis draw in a hissing breath. It almost feels like he's been hit in the chest. No, despite some surface similarities her mother and Aulea were not alike at all then. Aulea had died for her son and never regretted it. The idea of losing their child would have killed her just as much as having him did.]

My dear, I am so sorry. I did not mean to upset you. I truly cannot imagine a parent feeling that way about their child.

I am not upset. I am alive, and have a Mother who loves me dearly as her beloved daughter.

That is all that matters, then.

[Regis feels as if he should say more, but feelings are a complicated matter, and ones like these even more so. As long as Era is happy, then he is content.]

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