Your journey will become very dangerous from now on. [Someone told you, voice kind, concerned, warm.] I don't know if this cloth will do anything to protect you, but...
[You are given a piece of fabric, like a blanket except it does little to warm you up. It can't shield you from trouble, curses or ill-will. It has no special properties on its own. And yet, when you wrap it around your shoulders it seems to be bring you comfort.]
But when you face a force enough to destroy one, or even two worlds [The person continues and when you look up everything is foggy. The face, the place. You can't seem to remember who is speaking to you. All you know is that this person has always treated you and your sister ever so gently.] When you face a boundless darkness, or an all-consuming radiance...
[And the words die down, there are no sounds around you and there's too much that you just can't seem to recall. It's like watching an old recording that decayed over the years. And yet, there is nothing but gentle warmth in this few words that you manage to catch.
You desperately wish that you could remember more.]
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1. A warm, faraway memory
[You are given a piece of fabric, like a blanket except it does little to warm you up. It can't shield you from trouble, curses or ill-will. It has no special properties on its own. And yet, when you wrap it around your shoulders it seems to be bring you comfort.]
But when you face a force enough to destroy one, or even two worlds [The person continues and when you look up everything is foggy. The face, the place. You can't seem to remember who is speaking to you. All you know is that this person has always treated you and your sister ever so gently.] When you face a boundless darkness, or an all-consuming radiance...
[And the words die down, there are no sounds around you and there's too much that you just can't seem to recall. It's like watching an old recording that decayed over the years. And yet, there is nothing but gentle warmth in this few words that you manage to catch.
You desperately wish that you could remember more.]