❅ Seventeen (Text)

[stonebird]

Have you ever been in love?

(This is asked late one night and it might seem frivolous with the current concerns hovering over the populace of Hadriel. Yet Sansa believes love is important no matter how long someone lives - or where they are imprisoned. Besides, she had a taste of love recently and it's a frightening - and exhilarating - change of scenery for her.)

Can it last?

Comments

[stonebird]

I won't let fear rule me. Should I love another, I will celebrate it for as long as I am allowed.

[claritatis]

As you should. It won't always be easy, but I understand that these things rarely are.

[stonebird]

Nothing easy is terribly worthwhile, I've found. Out of all the lessons I was given as a child, that one seems the most important.

[claritatis]

It's a good lesson to keep in mind for all things.

[stonebird]

It really is no wonder why we are all so tired as we age.

[claritatis]

Indeed. And yet the years insist on our continued efforts.

[stonebird]

For now. Eventually we are given an eternal reprieve.

[claritatis]

Eventually.
A grim diversion from the initial topic.

[stonebird]

Yet it is something to remember within Hadriel. Death should never be far from our thoughts.

[claritatis]

But it should not be allowed to overtake them, either. Life should be more than its final destination.

[stonebird]

It should be, yes. However so many are forgotten after they pass; their memories fade as if they never existed.