3-075, The Maiden's Celebration Day

Cupping Tolohe’s shaking hand in hers, Ma-we grinned.  “It is yours to use as may be, but also a gift that you will bestow upon your King on the Day of Celebration.”

Tolohe burst into tears, sobbing uncontrollably as she hid her face in her hands.  Ma-we gently squeezed and then rubbed her child’s knee, understanding all so well the emotion of the moment.  It was not the power nor the authority the ring carried that so moved the woman.  Indeed, it was not really the ring, but what her mother had said regarding it.  “… bestow it upon your King on the Day of Celebration.”  Oh, to come of age again!  To become a maiden in the arms of a man who would never shun her love, a man so much like her mentor from the elder days but always faithful and true to the end of time!  Yes, there was to be a rebirth even for her…

When Tolohe had finally composed herself, Ma-we smiled, cautioning, “Keep it hidden well.  You do know how to hide it… safe in your mind.  Please, for the moment, keep it secret.  Use it only when all other hope is lost, when winsome words have fully waked the demon’s pride in my child.  Not before.  This ring is very dangerous, made for an immortal’s hand to wield its power, and you, my Dear One, are not yet immortal.”

Nodding as a final tear fell from her eye, Tolohe promised to be ‘oh, so careful’ with such a precious treasure.  She leaned close and kissed her mother on the cheek.  “I love you too much, my Meter, too much for my heart to bear.  Should I fail you, how could I survive another day?”

Ma-we grinned, she standing to stretch as she did.  “You?  Fail me?!  Child, more like your father are you than you do know.  I should have delivered you up to immortality long ago, but…well, you know what I mean.”

Yawning loud, Ma-we lifted her arms toward the ceiling while standing high on tippy-toe.  She was tired, and the ebbing flames reflected her mood.  Walking across the room to the window beside the door, she stared into the wild and confused storm outside.  “You know, it still looks mighty angry out there, an unpleasant night to forge through frozen drifts to find a half-buried ship.”  She tapped the windowsill.  “Now, if I were one to forecast the weather, I’d say that the morning will bring a break to this madness, but the clouds should still cover us with enough gloom to get you away unseen.”  She began to hum a pleasant little tune.

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