Chapter 14: Recollection and a Vision

The sun and moon exchange places for several cycles. Kiora relishes the idea of residing with her matra. After all, the more time spent together means more time learning about unfamiliar tales. The lone soldier delights in the repetition of hearing about 'The Girl and the Phoenix.' She cannot help but focus on the final passage- 'love always makes right.' Those words fill the young Daemik with a sense of hope.

Kiora walks upstairs in a happy state of mind. From the staircase, she turns left down the hall. In the final room lays the music chamber. She opens the door and smiles at the shelves of instruments. There are several types of flutes, guitars, and small drums. Kiora approaches her usual fancy-a steel tongue drum. She pulls the instrument from the top shelf and plops onto the floor. The bronze paint glistens in the sunlight seeping through a window.