A Memory of Light
Allyson S. Barkley
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“You are not getting out of here without me,” he laughed as he watched her look about. “I will be leaving with you – whether I drag you out of this room dead or alive is entirely your choice.” “The problem with clichés,” Ari told him coldly, “is that the speaker usually fails to perceive any outcome other than the one he expects.”
“Trust is a fickle force. They say that, here in the mountains, we are cold because we are born without it. I’m not sure that it isn’t worse to be born with it and lose it along the way.”
“Today, we use his star to guide us home,” the ancient little man concluded quietly. “Brighter than any other light in the sky, it reminds us of the sacrifice that one must make to lead as a hero, to hold aloft a flame that might save all, but will ultimately drop the bearer into darkness. No fire can survive forever and one day even the greatest, especially the greatest, must be extinguished.”
“This was a privileged land, a forest that thrived in the protective shadow of the mountains, carelessly enjoying the fruits of the rivers that cascaded from their peaks. Not only did the Belem protect their environs from the elements, but from the harsh, scorching wars of men. No army wanted to traverse those jagged peaks, even to access the Lanterbrun Pass. It was a fruitless effort, a waste of man- and horsepower that could do nothing but suck away time, and life. Ari had to admire the mountains for this. They were a watchful mother to the lands at their mighty feet. She could smell the freedom in the air, in the scent of the late summer leaves. It pulsed through the earth with a power that only grew stronger as the ground began to climb.”
“They tear across this earth like it is theirs to burn,” she said softly, so softly that Ely had to strain to catch her words. “But it’s not theirs. It’s not anyone’s.”
“These days it is easier to assume pain than it is peace.”
“Of course, the Capital had not changed. It was Ari who had changed, who in her eleven years had already become older and wiser than many had the burden to be at any age. The brown shingles still gleamed in the sun and the cobblestones still felt smooth and pure beneath her feet, but she saw new things, she saw more. It was a movement of minds, of arms, of business that now passed before her watchful eyes. It may not have been magic, but it was still knowledge, and it was still secrets.”
“My mother likes to say that hope is not simple, but it is worth the work. The beautiful moments are what carry us through the ugly, aren’t they?”
“Mountain treks had always been her favorite. In the mountains, everyone was on equal footing. The great peaks broke you, pushed you to the furthest of your mental and physical capabilities, empowered the worthy but exposed the weak.”
“Life or death is a pretty basic concept.” She spun around to face him, eyes narrowed. “Life or death is not the same as killing or not killing. You know nothing of what you speak.”
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