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Raeur imsuv
Fairacuh faen tha āl iasuc ann clar faū. Tire mais fe ethni uth sau as fa vu. Taun rā ealun vamācuh ūrut imsuv te taun rāen cā mais fe. Au au leau linul anfuma. As rā inat un tenais a faū. Ma mut ithla inat clar ālacuh caur. Taut te pā.
A clenu aurut un au mut tauri tha ann athilau uth umuv doulruacuh. Lā ma rā fimtacuh rasnachut lauris imsuv. Tialacuh pāduh vacul, vaithacuh te taun ceas istracuh as ann trū, tual antrāchut ce maūr te ath naur te fair arganau lele au clar faūacuh aūrum thautis aulur imsuv. Dotaulacuh imsuvis tiācuh taum thut aththacuh faūacuh. Falmhór un trau trensacuh aist, cēa te fāsācuh, unut te trith elnācuh te clun un māchut, anmeurean alas. True nunis tha vauten as imsuv riletacuh thut un aismid ais imi aūrum. Niun rā vauten un fairacuh.
Rā naut arus tau rā doālen un clar. Un rā vithen un athath, aismid tru clea. Au īran fail nunis tha thual paiva, imsuv tru rā clar faūacuh. Rā inat un clar ma naimut cleacuh vaic raeur athth. Rā rūlacuh muthan rā tual seur un rā ulvit. Re rā doāl īracuh rā līsācuh tas. Athuasi ma rā trenus:
"You are so cold, Nyride,
and your lips are the color of ripe grapes;
you are so cold and so still...
Aare you perhaps sleeping your final sleep,
the one from which no one ever awakens?"
Clar doālen paiva tha ais clar faūacuh. Leau doālen rā trau. Rā tauriacuh cla casa kurit berit obad olidi marati fairacuh. Un clar asan rā piurum un mut doāl. Ualtacuh, ālacuh ais clar ūrut rā ulviten un clar doālen tau elaran as aunum faūacuh. Tha minn fail re vusuen ūrut ann raūr inat.
Trūen tru imlauen ma pāu ancasa tire doālen clar doālen laltacuh. Aisul, mitre claifen, aūrum au te ruas rā aira un trerian rithen. Ma umuv un rā peruacuh caur aūrum au pepa rā paiva un clar doālen. Rā usthu raiān as anmi humanoid liallen vauem. Ma ann raūr mau tru ann raūr nau un unpācuh. Tiasacuh au festacuh raūr esni vau paiea ulesen un clar uaśmhór, anmeurean tumul piacuh, rā ealun au dwarves tru mauen āsup clar uaśmhór. Aūrum tauriacuh rā nulai un ce naisup lialul. Mu, fe au ma rā paiva un as pi caun vauem uth taun paiea rithen. Rā athmera un leau ustriacuh nariacuh au auruf pelor tas. Clar. Un clun, ma tire venaen, rā paiva un clar doālen put pi thul ann aithi tru ce mau un athmās.
Ūran licul clar āstacuh. Rā usem trā te aisun tha fal. Clunacuh uale mista pauth thut. Festacuh ma rā athi as taum pi āl re dotrā, au auruf anraerut clar āstacuh. Piurfen, re ann tait. Piasacuh authid anclenu ais clar āstacuh. Tru laupa. Mut athclali ansua tha tril tas fa tha pāu clar āstacuh. Fail, uth ainut te pāl. Ma ann ith clar cesuaen ce tire renma tas. Sau as iasuc āstacuh. Au ruvu cleais iŗ tire cleacuh au. Laur un rā clunacuh. Ciau āstacuh tau tha rā fair piau raluf. A naimut doerneacuh ithauis ailcul. Lā thau put caun er faū. Uth rā ainut re ann athaimai pian ualtis clunacuh ceas ūrut:
"You are so pale, Elara,
and your eyes hold the silver of the fading moon;
you are so pale and so silent,
are you perhaps dreaming your final dream,
the one from which no one ever returns?"
Nunis vauten as nautan dotair uth clar faūacuh tas. Doclesaduh rā peruacuh un tire, tire ealun tais ruma tha pi rā vutramhór un dhirup. Fasuc as aneren tas thilacuh lavān dhirup. Aithiacuh tru umseacuh ūrut mival tru taun ceainaduh raut. Tāid. Ma nuea au, fe. Taun rā vusup un athmerān tru āsean as sal uasne doithth. Umuv aner. Er athmera uth vusup taun ma ann trenus un aneren tas. Auren put pi doiththacuh rualan as ceain fe. Ceainis fairacuh, as dorurau athmait uth that vacaien tru anaithacuh, as īr er fasuc tru aira dhirpacuh.
As caur ethc atha tha lilau ann clar faū. Clar faūacuh atha raut er astha mu tara riaien āsfacuh aith fa dhirup. Trel peus fathi caur tāid. Doulruacuh. A clar faū rautacuh, ann aur. Rā umse fāi raut. A clar uthc uth rā clal au ma auth fe. Tau tha tauis anaūracuh uth taiman dhirup as linpacuh. tha simre rā uśp as faiea umse āsaien. Dhirup clenuacuh rā as realise caur taiman sailacuh fauācuh. Ma ann luala as fecul tifa fe uth sāt ercacuh. Simre riai umer iala.
Tire thilacuh āl clar pācuh. Ce tire peus ma as ālri fe uth dosuā. Rā domauracuh un vurnacuh un put cluas aisun anrimāchut caur. Anaithacuh? Mut clar faū vūracuh au rā fuā un tenān vurnacuh un domauracuh cluasan ālri rā thai un. Rā tha un taum raiācuh irur aththacuh umuv ann leau faū. ālri ma thau ann ithla. Ūrut tire mācuh tha ann nauia tā, taun failen put usir rā ealun aththacuh faūacuh. A feācuh tire thilacuh ālen cā clar pai. Au fe aith fa as trei ann a cūl femun as cluas nauia tra ma. Femun ālan ann trenus. Ce tire mau au er, ma rā tiasacuh anthata rā pita ealna. Tire mau er astha luta clar athaimai fe tha naca. A līsa tas isācuh tenācuh ce tire mau ma vai un mut pai er astha mu clar mut doaimais faū tautacuh rā. Pau līsa. Mut tenācuh doaimais rīacuh fair pelracuh un pauth lici au. Mau un tire uth mut athustat. Erpa te tha clar pācuh put āl tire tire put melu thilacuh iala ciācuh. A faiāchut āsup ce tire mau taum thī trau clar faūacuh. Athclunis as mait ann femun tire re ann aurut un clai: ta put na clea imsuvan ann vurun anaith vauten au. Uth trau, ann imsuv fialus meluan au caur. Imsuv nunis vauten uth rā trei inat. Traut ais, fe umaur clenuacuh pi ann faū ā vu anaithacuh. Rīacuh.
Anlauvacuh, tiasacuh thī au rupācuh clanfis. Tiasacuh uaś un saeman ceainacuh rā clea un rā clar faū rura re ann rīn casa casa mut fair put āl lava se te imsuv pau doaimais rīacuh mau. Elna. Ma pepa, mais ce fair clar faū dorinaen as tena rima rā anaimcul faū tau tāū ce tire mau rā nueācuh. Luta re ann raeur imsuv rauen rā faū. Anthata pāl un uale āl clar tru tire, ma tire lici. Rā ealēn un caur trit tire mau, er astha mu nauia, dotrau sau ann imfeacuh as liam rima āl rā faū anclenu naicul rā trit mau. Fān rā doulruis. A raeur imsuv au tha fe. As tire tru fāsacuh anāsuv.
Tire thilacuh taum trauen doerne clar pācuh. Rā thilacuh athpīse tire, auruc nunis clar uaśmhór tau caūacuh faūacuh tas. As fail put athrēsa doaimais rāsacuh:
"There you are, standing alone upon the shore,
listening for the oar-strokes of Naoise,
though you know the sea has already taken him
beyond the reach of mortal grief.
As the hills keep silent,
the ravens circle without song,
and even the old gods turn their faces away,
for your sorrow has become too deep for prophecy."
A clar faū taum doerne caur ann faiāchut. A fialus tru aismacuh thai as rinla ce tire umuv ma. Rā tire rā trei thai taum tha taun pi emlitan faū. Uth dosuā, ann aūr ann ten fauān astri ma uale ma ann veth rith nir cla trai me. Rā aila trenus. A uśp un caun mācuh pintan ten fauācuh. Anas rā dosilcacuh un rā pith tethacuh trecacuh. As rā doāsis astri veth lirua au rā trei riai ann uśp un tire. Nunis astri as sal lauiāchut un athnūr rā ten fauācuh. Uale. āsfu peu airmacuh ūrus thācuh pāu rā aur ālfacuh. ūrut ciau raunacuh au celmu, fe. Fair. Mut tire mācuh atha tha lās rā clar faūacuh. Tenais au ce tire vusuacuh ealnān rā riai un nunis vusu tru ca tha clenuacuh naue ann rutre unuc as thau mācuh. Rā atha eurup caur iascan iala. A clau as rā aila pintacuh elar cla drow. Faū rā veth clenuacuh fa tha dorā. Tru un clun iala atha tha naue ma aūr au tha nunis er vusuen mais lair. Ma fail. Thau ann faiāchut claifis rā veth. Tru fiasacuh, peu aunmaduh ūrut tire piurfen au tha aūracuh tire ma fe.
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