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Huspeth laughed softly. "Just like that. And why hot? For
all the magic of the initiation which confers the power, a vow
is a vow and not a spell. It is not a command but a contract.
Thou hast not broken thy vow, so there is no dishonor. Release
is needed and granted freely and willingly. The war against
the forces of Hell needs thee." She sighed. "But stay the night
with me. Enjoy the Glen Dinig. In the morning, perhaps, we
shall visit the unicorn and say thy farewells. Then shalt thou

ride forth to a new destiny."

Marge was almost overcome with emotion, and tears welled
up in her eyes. "May I stillЧreturn? For a visit?"

"At any time, my daughter, for my daughter thou shalt
remain always. The Glen Dinig shall sing whenever thou dost
approach, and here thou mayest always find rest and comfort."

That made it much better, much more bearable. "MotherЧ

what shall I do now?"

"Travel to the east along the Rossignol," Huspeth told her.
"Ten days' comfortable journey will bring thee to the tributary
called the Bird's Breath, and so thou shall follow it to a forest
called Mohr Jerahl, a place much like this one. There shalt
thou find the fairy folk called the Kauri, who will complete
the process and instruct thee in thy nature. Thou art bright, and
so it will take some doing inside thee to trust thy feelings at
all times, even over thy head, but this is the way of fairy folk,
and they live lives far longer than humankind."

"What about Joe?" Marge asked. "Can he come with me?
I think I'd like some moral support."

Huspeth gazed off into space for a moment, seeming not to
hear, then turned back to her visitor. "He may accompany thee
to the edge of Mohr Jerahl, but he must wait there for thee.
There is mortal peril for a human to enter the home of a fairy
folk; should he enter, he will almost certainly have to kill many
Kauri or be consumed by their power. It would not be good
to begin thy relationship with thy new people with death, for
the fairies do not age as humans do, but exist in their soul-
state, and death for any fairy, including thyself, is the true
death, not the transition of the humans. If he must come, then
make him wait. Time to the fairy folk in their own land is not
like time elsewhere, so his wait will not be long, no matter
how long dost thou tarry."