[Child of the 7th Age]

Child tugged a bit at Rose's skirt as the young girl swept by chasing one of the Snowhobbits. Rose halted for a moment and looked into Child's face. The woman's eyes held both joy and sorrow.

Then Child whispered to Rose. "Tell Lindo something for me. Tell him to let the Lonely Star pass beyond memory along with Rose and Child, but to teach the children the names of "Azra and Nitir". For these are engraved on our souls, and we will never lose them. They were a gift given by Maura on the day we decided to become part of this people. If I hear these names spoken again in some distant time, I will understand that a piece of Lindo and Maura live on within the hearts of our kin."

And Child was not sure what Mithadan would make of such a strange bargain, but her own heart, at least, was content.

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