"So then if I just followed how things were..." Odin paused, swallowing what might have been a sob. "Adumala wouldn't have died?"
The being erupted in a soft but amused laughter that echoed across the area.
No, she wouldn't have died. She would have simply traveled to the other realms. Exploring, learning, and existing in gentle contentment for eternity.
Odin's trembling intensified with even more blood flowing.
Reinhard felt Odin's emotions crashing through their shared connection, grief so terrible it felt like his heart was being squeezed.
Rage at himself and everything around, anger at choices made and unmade. Then despair threatened to drown him, and finally regret.
"Adumala must have known this as well..." Odin's voice barely rose above a whisper. "Then why did she-"
Because she loved you enough to break the chained of order and fate determining what you would do.
The being's interruption carried finality but in a soft and gentle tone.
