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[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

[Time for another round of "Dr. Phil Amaterasu!" Ammy has taken up residence again at her little outpost at the edge of the wood, complete with a tatami mats, a low table decked out with a pot of tea and cherry cakes, and a wooden sign that reads "Amaterasu is here to help!" She's in human form and kneels down on one side of the table.]

A lot has happened here recently, hasn't it? Hm, some of you might not have been here before, so I shall say it again--if you need healing or wish only to discuss your troubles, then I am here to accommodate you! Please do not hesitate to come to me for help. I only wish the best for all of you here~

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[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

It will probably end soon.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Are you well?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

I... yeah. I'm aces.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

[Just watches her.]

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

[ Fidgets ]

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

[Reaches across and cups her hand very gently in her own.]

If you wish to talk about it, I shall listen.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

I don't want to go back.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Go back?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

Home.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

...I see. Is it from a fear of death? Or from a love of Firo?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

[ The l-word hits a button that manages to make Angela's face turn a night bright shade of red. ]

It... Kinda... How do I put this...

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

[Slight smile.] You don't have to tell me anything you do not wish to.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

Have I told you... what it means to be Queen in Altena?

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

It means that you must maintain the flame, yes?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

[ She nods. ] Just like my mother and grandmother did. I'll have to live in Altena until my successor can take over, and never leave.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Never leave, is it...

But at the very least, you would be able to come here still, yes? Time does stop in our worlds.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

Unless there's some way to keep Altena warm without me there.

I would, so long as those time irregularities don't happen again, like before when the stars went out.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Hm...that is a dilemma indeed. Should one's duty take precedence over one's happiness? Should the risk of something going wrong prevent the pursuit of happiness? But how should one define one's happiness?

It is an extremely complicated situation. And no one can decide what to do about it save you. Although, might I ask--you did deal with this issue of the flame a few times before, when your mother was taken. Would it be possible for the flame to be maintained by multiple people?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

It's selfish, Amaterasu, but being with Firo in his world made me happy. I'm happy when I'm with Dino, too, though I've only visited his world once. I wish I didn't have to go back.

Magicians can help with the flame, especially when things like my mother disappearing happen. But someone of royal blood has to be there to keep the flame lit. When we lose our magic or stray too far, it goes out.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, then, you could find a way to at the very least continue visiting them. Or they might even be able to visit you. It seems these days that all of our realities overlap in one way or another. Who knows, one day your worlds might be completely integrated.

I see. Then unless you can find a way to teach individuals to maintain their own flames--or unless there is a possibility of finding an alternative to the flame--it seems like you have little choice.