May 9, 2018
Julia sat hunched in prayer, her words directed at whatever forces governed Askr. While she tried to keep her voice firm, it shook markedly, tears pooling at her eyes.
"O gods, it was by your grace that my father and mother ... that my half-brothers ... all came here safely, and that I could see them again. And th-they're happy here! Yet ..."
She held her head in her hands, sobbing.
"Why couldn't you d-do the same for ... for Julius? Why couldn't you have brought him here before he .... he was turned into a monster ...? Why can't HE be happy, too!?"
