He lifts the lantern high above his head

Lighting the cobbled stone road

His face in shadows

Eyes gleaming with an inner light

Pretty…pretty, he says

I look to him with plain wonder

Confusion painted across my features

Pretty, I ask

Look around you…this world it shines

He spreads his fingers, hand held out

With a wide sweep of his arm he bows

Welcome to the Shadows, M’Lady

Tis the world from which you’re born

But then you’ve always known

Have you not?

Gleaming eyes flick up to me

A smirk playing on his red lips

Yes…always, my voice ethereal

I look to see him at last

Beyond the darkness that hides him

Through those eyes of shining light

And there he stands waiting

Smiling broadly, knowingly

I remember, my mind becomes clear

Whispered words float past my lips

I am home at last

Yes M’Lady…at long last

His hand remains held out to me

A smirk plays across my red lips

I take a single step to close the gap

My fingers meet his

Interlacing and clasping tightly

My eyes had dulled outside the Shadows

Filling with an inner light

Once more they find their gleam

My voice comes strong and confident

Have you kept the Hearth warm, my friend

That I have M’Lady, as requested.