"No, it isn't, it is..." she took a pause to make him even more curious "... we got you and Elaisa a big room... like a small house, in the House. Crovax had us pay for it though... I hope you two will like it!"
"You deserve it brother... as did Elaisa..." Erynn said "...maybe even more than you." she added teasingly.
"Thank you so much Erynn... it really is a royal gift of you all..." Elaisa said with a big smile.
"Okay... but maybe you could stop choking me...?" Erynn said jokingly.
Dinia joined them and interrupted with a smile "I'll be bringing you two to your new home when everyone's gone..."
Tai let go of Erynn. "Awww...but you're just so darn huggable!" Looking to Dinia, he smiled. "That sounds fantastic. Thank you." He said, gently holding his beloved's hand.
Another half an hour passed, in which he was congratulated by many other people he mostly didn't or barely knew.
But now everyone but him, Elaisa, Erynn and Dinia had left, Erynn was getting up to leave "I'll see you tomorrow okay, brother? I really need to take a nap right now, I'll be at Shanodia if you need me, just... don't wake me up tonight..." she teased "And take it easy with Elaisa, I'm sure she's tired!"
"Well..." Elaisa started, but decided to let Tai handle it, she just held her husband's hand in her own, small, warm and tender one, now adorned with a token of their eternal bond.
Tai smiled at Elaisa. "Take care, Erynn, okay?" He paused for a moment. "Are you sure you don't want to stay here for the night, though? I'm sure we could talk to Crovax to set you something up..."
"No, I have a room in House Shanodia now... it's kinda home... you know, as much as House Benalia is yours." Erynn said with a smile, she gave him a quick, gentle kiss on his cheek "See you tomorrow!" she said, and with that she left...
Dinia was first to interrupt the silence again "So, shall I take you two to your room then?"
"Okay, follow me then..." she said, leading them up high up in the House until the reached a door with a silvered nameplate bearing their names adorning it "Here it is!" she said with a smile, taking a key and unlocking the door for them to open, after which she handed the key to Elaisa for safekeeping.
"I'll go to my own room now, but I guess you two can take good care of yourself and each other... goodnight!" Dinia said, turning around and walking off into the corridor.
"It sure is..." Elaisa said with a smile as they scanned their new home, which was larger than possibly any other room in the house, they had everything they needed, a large sitting corner with seemingly very comfortable furniture, a single bedroom for both of them, a washroom and a study room with enough room for a lot of books and a desk to work on. "I... I can't believe that they actually did this for us." she said, hugging him out of sheer joy.
She yawned as she let go of him, and laid her head against his shoulder. Taking his hand in hers she said "I will keep to my promise Tai, I will always be at your side... we will always be bonded..." She looked at him, in his eyes, and saw concern "What is it, love? What is bothering you?"
"She'll be fine, you know how good she is at taking care of herself, don't worry about her..." Elaisa said, her words alone seemed to carry enough warmth to make him feel fuzzy and made him forget his worries. It was this time that Tai smelled the sweet scent of Elaisa's hair again, something that brought his memories back to his childhood when he wood wander into the nearby woods with his little sister and play there, between the trees, the birds, the squirrels and the sweet-smelling flowers. It was a strange thing though, he noticed as his sense came back into the real world, that they had married and yet... they where wordless, was it because they could not find the words that described how they felt within about each other? Or was it just because the angel's presence alone was so radiant that it overwhelmed him, and she was too shy to speak a lot?
Attempting to break the silence, Tai looked into the Angel's eyes. "Elaisa...I love you so much. You mean worlds to me. I honestly can't remember the last time I've been...well, content, let alone this happy..."
"Yes... I know... and I love you more than anything, except perhaps my... mother... Serra... but that is a different love, a more respecting one..." she sat down on the edge of the bed and suddenly started talking about things long past, beyond the memories of any mortal "You know... I was a guardian of peace and justice, but then the realm fell, the Phyrexians corrupted it... we scattered amongst the planes, and I decided, after seeing such a horror, that I would not fight again, unless the need was very great... I dedicated my life to study, and many mortals came to me for knowledge, as I possessed more of that than they could dream of to have. But then... the Phyrexians invaded, I had to fight again... and it filled me with horror, yet I came to hate them more than anything, for they where the cause of every evil, they where the ones that withered the green to leave only barren wasteland..." she buried her head in her hands "I just wish that there could be peace... I would love to be able to study old books again, instead of staining the soil of the earth with blood and oil..."
Tai only then noticed that there where tears staining her cheeks and her dress, her eyes where absent, as if she was sunken deep in painful memories, maybe... it wasn't so much fun to live for ages, maybe she had seen too much despair... was that why she had bound herself to him, so that at least she could forgot about everything for a while?
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"Thank you so much Erynn... it really is a royal gift of you all..." Elaisa said with a big smile.
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Dinia joined them and interrupted with a smile "I'll be bringing you two to your new home when everyone's gone..."
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But now everyone but him, Elaisa, Erynn and Dinia had left, Erynn was getting up to leave "I'll see you tomorrow okay, brother? I really need to take a nap right now, I'll be at Shanodia if you need me, just... don't wake me up tonight..." she teased "And take it easy with Elaisa, I'm sure she's tired!"
"Well..." Elaisa started, but decided to let Tai handle it, she just held her husband's hand in her own, small, warm and tender one, now adorned with a token of their eternal bond.
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"No, I have a room in House Shanodia now... it's kinda home... you know, as much as House Benalia is yours." Erynn said with a smile, she gave him a quick, gentle kiss on his cheek "See you tomorrow!" she said, and with that she left...
Dinia was first to interrupt the silence again "So, shall I take you two to your room then?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah, please."
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