→Abelar 1: A Reply
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seol_plumfallGuest post by Lynod
A Reply to a Junior Blood-Elf
I have read over your letter, noting the information you have provided me and pondering at length about its contents. While I enjoyed having learned about you, triumphing at your victories and despairing at your losses, I feel that I am unimportant. Knowledge of myself will do little for you, but rather, I would prefer to tell you about my greatest treasure: my daughter.
From the moment she was born, her chubby fingers grasping intently at objects while her eyes solemnly studied them, I knew she was a special girl. I did not know the full scope of what made her unique, however, until her mother and I were rendered while she remained draenei.
I do not mean her greatest trait is the fact she remained unchanged by the taint that struck our home. No, instead I speak about the responsibility she took on her shoulders at such a young age. Almost immediately, knowing our estrangement from society, she stepped forward to fill the role of an adult despite her small stature.
Throughout the years she has fought for food, bartered with tradesmen, and learned of the Light for our benefit. She would have had an easier lot in life if she had just fled, I believe, but her unselfish heart kept her at our sides. I have relied on her more than a father should with his progeny, but I do not regret it because I truly love her.
I must draw away little by little, however. It seems someone new has entered her heart, someone who will know her on a level of intimacy that I shall never be able to fathom. At once, I am both happy at her ability to find one so noble so young and also regretful that I am losing her so very soon. She has been my provider, my daughter, my world for so long, and I find it hard to pull away.
Forgive an old man if I am sometimes crass in my actions towards you. You are by all means noble, loving, and deserving of my daughter. I am merely undergoing a difficult transition that you will also face one day. Please treat my befuddled mind with patience, and I will attempt to grow as a man. In addition to that request, I plead that you guide my daughter in the Light.
I am now a Broken, as previously mentioned, and I am afraid that I am unable to lead my daughter through the Light. Where a grand, welcoming warmth once existed, now an oppressive emptiness dwells. I am unable to lead her as a father fully should, and that is my chief regret. I can tell her all of the words in the world, but without an actual connection to the Light, they are little compared to what you can give her.
Take care of my daughter, Seol Plumfall. I know she will care for you.
Abelar
A Reply to a Junior Blood-Elf
I have read over your letter, noting the information you have provided me and pondering at length about its contents. While I enjoyed having learned about you, triumphing at your victories and despairing at your losses, I feel that I am unimportant. Knowledge of myself will do little for you, but rather, I would prefer to tell you about my greatest treasure: my daughter.
From the moment she was born, her chubby fingers grasping intently at objects while her eyes solemnly studied them, I knew she was a special girl. I did not know the full scope of what made her unique, however, until her mother and I were rendered while she remained draenei.
I do not mean her greatest trait is the fact she remained unchanged by the taint that struck our home. No, instead I speak about the responsibility she took on her shoulders at such a young age. Almost immediately, knowing our estrangement from society, she stepped forward to fill the role of an adult despite her small stature.
Throughout the years she has fought for food, bartered with tradesmen, and learned of the Light for our benefit. She would have had an easier lot in life if she had just fled, I believe, but her unselfish heart kept her at our sides. I have relied on her more than a father should with his progeny, but I do not regret it because I truly love her.
I must draw away little by little, however. It seems someone new has entered her heart, someone who will know her on a level of intimacy that I shall never be able to fathom. At once, I am both happy at her ability to find one so noble so young and also regretful that I am losing her so very soon. She has been my provider, my daughter, my world for so long, and I find it hard to pull away.
Forgive an old man if I am sometimes crass in my actions towards you. You are by all means noble, loving, and deserving of my daughter. I am merely undergoing a difficult transition that you will also face one day. Please treat my befuddled mind with patience, and I will attempt to grow as a man. In addition to that request, I plead that you guide my daughter in the Light.
I am now a Broken, as previously mentioned, and I am afraid that I am unable to lead my daughter through the Light. Where a grand, welcoming warmth once existed, now an oppressive emptiness dwells. I am unable to lead her as a father fully should, and that is my chief regret. I can tell her all of the words in the world, but without an actual connection to the Light, they are little compared to what you can give her.
Take care of my daughter, Seol Plumfall. I know she will care for you.
Abelar
Seol 4 ← Abelar 1 → Astrolabe 1