An Abbysal Abscond

[Amaterasu]

As the rotting titan was speaking Amaterasu sunk to her knees, bent over and buried her face in her hands as big tears dripped from her closed eyes and her ears laid back against her head. She could hear him still, speaking down at her, telling her things she wanted not to hear. She wanted to yell, to tell him to shut up and to leave her alone, but she was unable to muster the strength to do so. All she could do was to listen while her tears soaked the white ground of the Nexus. She wept for Fiara, for the death of a girl who had done no wrongs in her life besides searching for her, for Amaterasu, in the wrong place, and for the torture she had gone through prior to her death. But over time her tears dried and were replaced by determination. By a certainty. Fiara wasn't truly gone, she could still bring her back... and she could ensure that this never happened to her again.

Finally, just as Okor was finishing his monologue, Amaterasu sniffled twice, then wiped her face with her sleeve and slowly got to her feet again. Her eyes were red and the tears had left a shimmer in the corners of her eyes, but she had collected herself. "You are... mistaken. It matters a lot - to me. Fiara... feared you for a reason, the same which I mistook you as a Plaguelord for. You may really be something else but in our world the outside is usually a reflection of the inside, and Fiara never learned any different." She raised a hand to her forehead while her other one wrapped around her waist just beneath her chest, as if hugging herself for comfort. She closed her eyes, thinking of the right words.

"You have aided Fiara. I've only caught glimpses through this... Data device, but I have seen. You have fought for her, and even if ultimately she died in the end it is not solely the outcome that counts, but the intention and the actions. I will make sure to remember, and to teach this to Fiara when I bring her back. Neither of us will remember you as a failure. We will both remember you as the one who did his best to preserve her from her unfortunate fate. Even if ultimately you did not succeed you delayed it... and that is the important part." She sat back down with her legs crossed and looked up at the hulk that was now towering her even more than he had already been when she'd been standing up. As she brought out a large reserve of Omnilium a few completely white plants appeared on the ground around her and swayed back and forth as if touched by wind that wasn't there. "If... if you wish to stay to meet her again, provided that I succeed, you are welcome to wait. If you leave for your own business before that please accept my heartfelt thanks. I hope that I can repay you some day with more than a few kind words."

Without awaiting Okor's reply she closed her eyes and placed her hands on her lap to enter a meditation pose. First to find her inner center, then to remember Fiara, and pour her self into the Omnilium. Of course, if Okor decided to answer she would still hear him, and the same went for if he left. Her ears were back up, ready to capture sounds. But a reply would have to wait... this was more than summoning a set of clothing, a few prayer beads or even a Fur-Selkie. She was summoning a person with a past, with memories and knowledge, with dreams and a future, with personality and character. If she made one error she wouldn't summon Fiara, but a flawed, incomplete copy of her. And she wouldn't be able to forgive herself if THAT happened... so she concentrated as best as she could and blurted out the outside more and more, instead filling her mind with the memories of little Fiara, from the big things such as her appearance and personality to the tiniest details like her quirks and foggy old memories. Every little piece was crucial, no matter how tiny and insignificant it seemed.

Over an hour passed, during which Okor apparently took off as Amaterasu saw him nowhere when a warm pair of arms wrapped around her waist and hugged her. She opened her eyes to see Fiara in the flesh, kneeling before her and hugging her. She smiled and returned the hug, with more tears in the corners of her eyes, though those were tears of joy.

"I'm feeling weird, Mother Amaterasu..." murmured Fiara when they finally parted. "I have memories that aren't mine, but they are about me. And where are we? Is this..."

"This is the Omniverse... and for your memories that's a long story, but let me explain it to you."