Preludia Beckons

Karmias

As requested by her, I have taken Morgan to Preludia as she expressed interest in learning regarding the nature of the crystal shards I'm bound to collect. While not an unproductive activity on itself, I would rather have Morgan safe and sound somewhere else away from my dangerous company. Nevertheless, as the weight of my inefectiveness and delay increases, so my well earned punishment grows, prompting Morgan to sacrifice her own dreams in exchange for my assured permanence. I'm in debt to her as I am with the entire world, so I cannot refuse any sort of request from her part.

While it really doesn't matter where I am as shame follows me like a host of flies would follow a rotting carcass, I must admit that Preludia is one of the few places across The Heaven Of Memories where I wouldn't mind staying if I had to choose some place to rest once my task was completed. While I woke up to this penitence at Mea Culpa I have to admit that, somehow, this place... feels more like home than any other place I have been on.

Sometimes, when Morgan is way too caught up watching the vast crystal formations that set afloat entire islands in the sky, my eyes turn towards Castle Coneria, abode of the warrior who bears no name, and is humbly addressed as "The Fighter" by those who tell the tale of his deeds. What an honor would it be to fight alongside The Fighter and his comrades in this dreamsphere of beauty. Then again, how could someone like me stand in his presence without an overpowering sense of guilt, remorse and shame?

Preludia beckons my acking heart like the flutter of a soul in love at first sight, but someone so ashamed of herself does not belong in such a place: I would never ever dare to soil this sacred land with the filth of my guilt. I long for this place... but I don't belong to it.... I don't deserve it.

- Karmias D. Yantra.