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"I don't want to go Athie" little Aislin whimpers clutching his hand, as they walk further into the Murk. All 4 walk with her until they reach the end, looking into the glooming beyond. Squatting down to Aislin's eye level Artiar soothingly reassures her brushing away her tears, "We will come back for you. You will be ok, my Firefly." Gently he releases her clutched fingers and nudges her softly into the gloom toward the man, she will forever remember until the day she dies. She slowly steps out of her circle of comfort and protection, stopping a couple of paces away, the scent of fear overwhelmingly drifting in the air. "Hurry up will you, I have places I need to be" her overseer, Heath, demands. Lokta glancing at Heath walks towards where Aislin stands frozen. Looking down at her he quietly comforts her, " We will find you, even if we have to search the sky above and the Hells below." He promises the little girl. " We love you Aislin.'" He states. Aislin unaware that this would be the last time she would see Lokota and her newly found family for a very long time states, "you promise?" holding her pinky finger up, gazing up at him. " I promise". Lakota declares, his large pinky wrapping around the little girls. "Now go on, be brave my love". Lakota watches as little Aislin trudges over to the man and is snatched by the concealed gleam of eternal torment.
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They snatched her up, taking her away from her little sanctuary. Tested, inspected, watched, and feared. A decision was made, she would never be found, nor live to see another day of light. Until she decides she has had enough. The Women of Everlasting. Bonded by Misery, not by blood. The course of Achaeus would forever be changed, and the World permanently.