Vivshi and everyone had managed to flee to the neighbouring town, where they were finally able to catch their breath.
I gently put Aylin down onto a hotel bed and brushed off the strands from her face. Her warm breath grazed my fingertips as I continued to touch her cheek.
Everyone was looking at Aylin with heavy hearts, wondering if she would be alright. Oslovi who had been perched on me leapt onto Aylin and licked her face trying to wake her up.
It's Aeon didn't activate, most likely due to no injuries being present. My mom told everyone it would be best if we just rest for tonight. Emovi nodded and went to snuggle up with his mother in one of the beds.
Throughout the night I couldn't help to think about what had happened to Aylin, the capital, the Dragons. I couldn't rest when there was so much horrible stuff happening at the same time. And what if the dragons came to this city next?
It felt like hours had passed and I could hear the gentle breathing of Emovi that calmed me down a little a bit.
That's when I heard my rustling.
"Is something wrong Vivshi?"
I solemnly turned away from her to show her my face and told her that I was just worried that the Dragons might come to this city next.
"Vivshi," my mom said in a stern and serious tone.
I turned around and saw her climbing out of bed.
Her expression softened when she looked at me again. A gentle smile formed on her face as she said that it would be best if we had a little chat.
We left the hotel room and stood on the balcony together staring up into the moon, we could see how the sun was rising as the orange-pink sky started to form on the horizon.
"There is so much I want to talk about with you that I don't know how to even start…" My mom said whilst being flustered.
"How about you tell me how Aylin and you met first?" My mom excitedly asked with her hands together.
Her bright smile turned serious when I mentioned the Aeon of Fear but eventually it softened up as I started to talk about Aylin. I told her about my adventures throughout the continent and how I had met several Aeons.
My mom was leaning onto one hand staring at me with eyes of affection as I told her my stories.
"The way you describe Aylin, you must really love her."
I choked a bit as she said that and told her to stop teasing me. But then came those serious questions. About what happened to Lander and Ken my two older siblings. My mom didn't react much, only shaking her head before bitterly smiling as if she already knew that fact.
"I'm glad you and Emovi are still with me."
She wrapped her arms tightly around me before telling me there was one thing that she needed to confess.
She took a step back from me and told me to watch her closely. With her hands behind her head, she gently pulls all her hair into one long tail. A bright blue glowed in the dark but as the sun finally rose and morning came, flowers bloomed from her hair.
"The truth is Vivshi, I have become an Aeon."
The flower on my cheek started to react. I tried to cover the black goo seeping from the flower but my mom stopped my hand.
"And I have long known that you are an Aeon as well."
I stared in shock at my mom's floral hair, I wanted to touch it and as I did and my finger tips connected with the flowers on her hair memories surged back into my mind.
Those countless deaths I had suffered back with my first encounter with Fear. Even more deaths during my counter with Guilt. I saw myself getting killed over and over and I violently shook my head trying to get those images out.
Then I heard a familiar voice inside my head. A voice which I only heard when I was about to lose control.
"The Aeon of Remembrance."
My mom tried to calm me down, she turned off the Aeon of Remembrance and held me in her arms.
Inside my head, the voices were getting even louder.
But then I heard that soothing lullaby that I always listened to as a kid. A lullaby my mom would sing to me every time before I went to sleep.
♪ Dormi cara columbula, O columbula mea. Siente at fenestraum, adsint somnians flora ♪
In a distant place, the moon goddess was holding one of the unfulfilled souls in her arms. It was one of the newer unfulfilled souls that had entered the planes of the moon. She smiled softly at the little one before singing the song from the moon.
♪Dormi cara columbula, O columbula mea…♪