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Ramella Tarina
Nine hours sleep. It was the longest she had gotten since leaving her home town. But she was close to her goal now. She got up from her bed gently, not disturbing the deep sleep of Daniel. She took out a small mirror from among her possessions and in the dim light sifting through the curtains of the tavern room she started combing her hair, while her thoughts drifted off to the man she loved. She could still recall his features even after four years while she had not seen him. Four long years. Why had she waited so long? If only she had left three weeks earlier Plaxica would have still been a mercenary and finding him would have been much easier. But fate worked in strange ways sometimes.
Daniel moved in his sleep and Ramella paused, not yet wanting to wake the slumbering infant. As she watched him sleep she remarked how much he resembled his father. His eyes were the same as Plaxica's eyes and his hair was the same rich black. Ramella put the mirror down and a tear slowly ran down her cheek. She missed Plaxica so much. Four years may have passed, yet her love for him had never wavered. Daniel stirred again and this time opened his eyes. Ramella stood up and gently picked up the four year old child in her arms and sitting down placed him gently on her knees. Daniel started playing with a strand of his mother's long hair, but then noticed that Ramella was crying.
"Why are you crying Mummy? Has somebody hurt you?"
Another tear left Ramella's eye and she gently stroked Daniel's head.
"Mummy is thinking about Daddy now. You know that she misses him so much."
"But it is soon that we shall find him, isn't it?" - the boy asked somewhat loudly and enthusiastically.
"Shhh...!" - Ramella put a finger to her lips to indicate to Daniel that he should speak less loudly. "If all goes well we may see him before nightfall tomorrow."
Daniel jumped off of Ramella's knees and with a joyful smile on his face started dancing around the small room. Ramella started laughing softly and with her hand wiped the tears from her eyes. Daniel was the light of her life. He never ceased to amaze her. He was always full of energy and happyness. He was also much more mature than other children of his age. She had found this out a month prior to leaving her home town, when after seeing a dead bird in the middle of the road the little Daniel had explained to her that it's life had ended and it had gone to join it's ancestral spirits.
"Come here Daniel!"
The child after running round the room once more went to see his mother and then Ramella half helping him, half letting him do it, made him dress. When he was ready Ramella herself dressed and then she packed their belongings.
Going down the stairs of the small tavern she walked up to the proprietor, an old, bald man, who was extremely kind. She asked for a breakfast to take away and then payed the man, giving a little extra for his kindness.
Outside the tavern the mid-morning sun had already heated the air up considerably and it looked as if the weather was going to be beautiful during the whole day. Letting Daniel run a few dozen meters ahead she set out on what she hoped was going to be the last leg of her journey aiming to find her love.
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