Goodbye.

[pearling]

[Private to Coyo, Sirius, Dracula, Loki, Kay, Rhade, Brax.]

I need to see you. Now.

[Added after she's talked to her people in person.]

When I came here, I did not expect to be here long. I thought that it would be easy to simply graduate an inmate and then leave. I did not realize how hard it was to change the ways of mortals, and I did not realize how much worse it would be with people leaving, or being taken.

Then I worried that the Admiral may have been lying, and I stayed after Edgar graduated. I did not expect what happened next, but now I understand why.

I am done here. I am sorry to those who I have hurt, and I hope that you are able to leave here soon.

The gardens should prosper, even in my absence. I have fortified them.

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[persephonepearl.livejournal.com]

I will miss you, She Who Wears Bells On Her Cheeks. I will miss you every day.

[Persephone held the other woman tightly for a long moment, and then she pulled away and stroked the woman's face lovingly.]

I am sorry I pulled away from what I was feeling for you.

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[leadsthestars.livejournal.com]

[Coyolxauhqui gently shook her head.]

No, do not feel sorry. I felt so much guilt, Persephone. I led you astray. I should have never....

[When her voice broke Coyolxauhqui stopped talking altogether. She took Persephone's head in her hands and kissed her gently.]

I will miss you too.

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[persephonepearl.livejournal.com]

You did not make me do anything I did not want to do, Coyolxauhqui. I made my own choices; do not take the blame for them.

[Persephone kissed her back for a long moment, and then she took a step back.]

I made you something.

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[leadsthestars.livejournal.com]

[It didn't ease that guilt, but Coyolxauhqui said nothing of it. After all, this was going to be her last moment with the goddess.]

Made me something? What is it?

[She hugged around the bandages again, looking humbled by the thought.]

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[persephonepearl.livejournal.com]

[Persephone took a step away and then moved to the garden in the centre of room. She picked up a plant in a pot that had blooms shaped like half-moons. The petals were white, but the tips of them were crimson as if they'd just pricked someone and drawn blood.]

This.

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[leadsthestars.livejournal.com]

[Coyolxauhqui was stunned into silence. It was a gorgeous-looking plant, exotic and yet strangely familiar, and she took it from Persephone's arms and cradled it as though it was a child.]

I will love it always. [She smiled and gently ran her fingers over the petals, unaware that tears had begun to form in her eyes.] Thank you, Persephone.