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will make me to you both, I grow ever more connected to Gwenth’s father. I have been denying it even to myself, but I suppose if you two see it, there is no point in lying further,” she said shrugging. “Though how you can think this is good is beyond me, Reval.”
         Reval shrugged and adjusted her cape, drawing it closer around her shoulders. “Well, who can know? Even the Corvine must bow to the greater goal. I think you need not fear the connection, my dear.” Reval jump down from where she sat on the wall, and valiantly struggled trying to remain upright in her newly booted feet, as she shuffled uneasily over the rocky ground to her sister and carefully leaned in to pat Meredith’s knee. “We will never abandon you, even if all the Corvine turn against you. We are your sisters, always. No matter what form you adopt in the end we will always hold you dear in our hearts, and unlike you, we both have experienced love before so we know and remember the edge of heaven and hell you skirt so anxiously now.”
         Hectain sat quietly watching the tender moment between her siblings. All the while listening to the deeper song that sang out underneath their words, a song of the energy of the world and then she saw a vision of her youngest sister in later years happy in the arms of this man. Hectain sighed, as she shook herself free from the image, “Yes for once, Reval, speaks the truth dear one, we who are your sisters will never leave off loving you, so don’t worry, lay your fears aside and let yourself love this man, and perhaps it will help the girl somehow awake to her destiny as well.”
         Meredith’s green eyes sparkled brightly with unshed tears, “Thank you sisters. Come here and let me hug you both and then I must walk on. I need time to think all this through.” Meredith pulled the unsteady Reval into her embrace and was joined by Hectain. Silently the three sisters let several breaths pass as they clung to one another. Meredith finally pushed the other two away gently, and stepped back.
         “Well I can at least see why father always forbade our coming into human form,” Reval said. “These bodies and even the coverings are rather glorious. I may come to visit you often sister. Now remember the time is growing very near, I can feel the energy pulling harder with each passing moment, try and stay focused on the girl and remember, let your heart guide you always,” Reval turned away and as she leapt gracefully skyward, she returned to her crow form. Her wings opened and lifted her ample body up into the wind.
         “Do not fear so sister, Reval is right. I sense it will all work out,” Hectain said, turning in a circle, slipping into her crow form once again. Leaping skyward Hectain turned about and hung midair cawing down at Meredith standing below.
         “I love you too, dear ones. Tell papa I am fine,” Meredith said to the crow.
         The crow turned away then and flew north along the sea’s edge.
     
                                                                                          

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                With hands red and chapped Gwenth tamped down the last of the fire under the wash kettle. It had taken all day to finish the wash and with only the two cold biscuits to tide her over, she had grown tired. Slaving over the hot wash pot alone, had eventually worn through her false bravado, but with the fair wind she’d been rewarded with several loads of clean, sweet smelling laundry.  She stopped just long enough to bend over, trying to stretch out her aching back muscles. Scooping up the folded clothing, she made her way slowly up the hill, and across the rough yard toward the cottage.
    Gwenth was too tired to even turn and look out to sea, as she made her way through the failing light to the dark stone building. She stopped only long enough to