Sekali, "The Sister City"
Chapter 44
She watched Sekali break into a jog, heading back. She stood there made nervous by his last words. They were the same that six others had spoken long ago. As she watched him fade into the forest, a feeling of great uneasiness filled her.
“Mother, do you think he will be alright? You have more insight, I know.” A light began to grow beside Mabuhi, as it had before the three companions within the City of Knowledge. Soon the brilliance of The Lady shone beside her.
Mabuhi slowly looked over to her and smiled warmly.
“Hello, Mother.” The Herald looked after Sekali, deep in thought.
“Child, he will need help; all three will need all our help. Even for a weathered warrior of the Wastelands, the Veleighen are a difficult enemy to defeat.” Mabuhi slipped her hand into The Lady’s hand as the Herald looked down upon her and turned, affectionately stroking Mabuhi’s hair.
“You have feelings for him.”
Mabuhi smiled, taking in all the affectionate attention she was being given and closed her eyes.
“Yes.”
She did not see The Lady smile.
“Then for your sake, I will aid him . . . in time . . . in my own way.”