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Continued... I turn the mask over, looking for some explanation for its changing expressions. Instead, I notice something tied to the back. A thin thread. As I follow the thread through the fog, the harder it becomes to see anything around me. All I can do is keep my eyes on the thread beneath my feet. After a while, something begins to change. I can smell burning incense. Then I hear the faint crackling of a dying fire. The fog slowly begins to thin. Moonlight breaks through above. I continue following the thread until a familiar shape emerges ahead. My siblings grave. The thread leads directly to the base of the stone. I'm back. But something feels different. The same pair of eclipsed eyes stare back at me from the grave. Watching...Waiting... I slowly move closer to see a moth resting upon the stone. The same eyes that had been watching me through the fog. For a moment, I simply stare at it. "So it was you..." The moth remains still, watching me. I take one last look at the moth before returning my attention to closing out the ceremony. I prepare four small floating lanterns, one for each of my siblings. Lighting them one by one. "Nyx." "Selene." "Titus." "Xander." I release them together and watch as they slowly drift into the night sky. For a while, all four remain close together. Then Xander's lantern begins to drift away. I watch as the distance between them grows. "Xander..." His lantern continues on alone, its flame still burning brightly. I hear the flutter of wings beside me as the moth takes flight following Xander's lantern. I can only watch as the two slowly disappear into the darkness. ~Ajax | |