[ Era watches as Ardyn picks up what is clearly something familiar to him, then shifts her eyes to what else lays upon the alter.
Once again she loses her breath; a sharp exhale. Pained, and sad. She steps forward, hesitating to reach out, but she finally brushes her fingertips along the face of the shield, touch feather-light and reverent.
Her lower lip trembles, and her sight blurs as tears begin to well up in her eyes. She inhales, quivering and damp, then lets out a soft, barely audible oh. ]
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Once again she loses her breath; a sharp exhale. Pained, and sad. She steps forward, hesitating to reach out, but she finally brushes her fingertips along the face of the shield, touch feather-light and reverent.
Her lower lip trembles, and her sight blurs as tears begin to well up in her eyes. She inhales, quivering and damp, then lets out a soft, barely audible oh. ]
My shield...