[RPG] [OT] Warrior no more.

[Eiyrn]

/Enough was far too much.  The stark nature of the man and land she 
loved finally overwhelmed her.  Even the days in the war torn hamlet on 
the border of Gadlock and and Salta seemed more pleasant than the last 
few months in Outer Tilog.

Tears streamed down her face as she had a crisis of faith.  Despyria was 
there for her no more.  She had the chance to follow or make her own 
mark somewhere else but she passed... all for him.  Maybe at long last 
she was a silly little girl with silly little dreams.  She longed for 
something more, something missing.  Peace?  Her smile was wane through 
the steady pour of tears and sobs of lose and betrayal... but it was 
genuine.  In her loss she might have found herself she mulled the idea 
over.  Peace?

The gates closed barred and locked after her.  The siege doors were 
slammed shut, barred and it would take an army to get in there, as her 
own manned the walls of the house on the hill.  They seemed to shut out 
the cries of "shut up you ragging, bitch, whore!" She rushed through the 
door and went to the nursery, finding a frightened and unnerved wet 
nurse tending her child...feeling the weigh of the sword on her hip and 
the armor she had wore to reclaim Nidalery she took it out and looked at 
it.  it bwas a very nice sword, very Tilogian, very deadly.  He had 
given it to her.  When he was trying her to use a sword it had been his 
gift to her.  She put it to her knee in anger and was ready to break it 
to spite him... then the thought rolled through her head again.  Peace.

She striped off the sword and armor and laid them out and instructed 
they be packed, like a present.  She bathed as was always her and 
Despyria's habit, one Alynna feel out of as of recently.  She put a 
clean dress and felt refreshed and almost new... if heartbroken and 
devastated.  Then she went to Eryn and the word rage in her ears.  
Peace.  She held out her hands to her baby, her depression after birth 
finally seemed to lift and her breast hurt like they still tended to do 
with the milk she rarely nursed with but still had flow.  She nursed her 
daughter now and did so without the attitude that she was being set upon 
and they seemed be bonding.

The nurse spoke to Eryn in hushed tones in the language she _knew_ 
Alynna didn't understand.  'It is ok precious,' The wet nurse spoke in 
the foreign tongue, 'your mommy seemed to be sane right now...' the wet 
nurse eyed Alynna with a worried look not understanding the change.

'Mommy is sane from now on my precious baby girl, Mommy's _Peace_.' 
Alynna spoke in the foriegn dialect perfectly without Tilogian accent.  
It was Alynna language at last, she had picked the nurse for her ability 
and the fact of where she was from.  The woman was of Gadlock... as was 
Alynna.  'Thank you, you have taken great care of Eryn and I loved the 
name from the moment you started mutter it to her.  We will be leaving 
soon, I have one more thing I must do before before we are free of this 
life... you are welcome to come with, in fact i hope i do not presume 
too much because I think I will need you.'

The nurse tripped over herself at the sudden change and revelation of 
her Mistress.  They packed quickly and used an underground tunnel to 
leave by...

---

The armor, sword, and a letter was delivered to the Outer Tilog General.

My love,

I am finding a different life, this one as some many are reminding me 
just doesn't work.  I am not Despyria and I can not the laughing stock 
'whor' either. Angus I needed a protector and a hero. I needed a man 
that would defend my honor no matter what.  And ultimately when my 
nobility itself was questioned you couldn't manage one kind word.  Maybe 
I was just a silly girl, but now I have more, I have a daughter that can 
not be raised like this.  She needs a healthy diet and atmosphere.  That 
will not happen here.

I had a life before Despyria rescued me, and I was a different person.  
I think I will find her again... and explain...

Angus you were my first romantic love, and I think my last.   But I have 
a new love now, Eryn.  I think you know as well I it means peace.  She 
is my peace and in her I will find mine let her find her own way.  I 
will never stop loving you and the door will never be closed.  So if you 
find your way out of the darkness, or I find my way back in maybe, 
maybe... or maybe I am still a silly girl.  It is better than the 
alternative.

I don't think I will be needing these thing anymore,

With all my heart,

Alynna
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