Disclaimer: DQ belongs to Emily Rodda, In uthenera/Leliana's song, belongs to Inon Zur and is from the Dragon Age Origins Soundtrack Have translated (or at least the internet did) from elven to English.

In Waking Sleep

Elder your time is come

It was raining.

Sharn stood strong, clutching her son's hand.

Not all the moisture on her face came from the downpour.

Now I am filled with sorrow

She was hurting his hand. He did not say anything.

Weary eyes need resting

Barda stood a small ways back. To stand next to the grave would be disrespectful. He knew Lief needed him now, but his soldier's instinct told him to stay a few feet away.

Heart has become grey and slow

Jasmine ignored her Fathers whispers and put her hand on Lief's Shoulder. She knew what he was going through. To lose a parent. To lose a Father, when their quest had been so near completion...

In waking sleep is freedom.

Lief blinked away rebellious tears. He did not want Jasmine or Barda to see him cry. She squeezed his shoulder gently and took a step back.

A hired minstrel played a song on his lute. Sharn dissolved into tears.

"He loved this song..."

We sing, rejoice

Barda's thoughts strayed to his own mother. Dear Min, the first victim. Left by her own son to rot. He closed his eyes.

Doom was quiet. He had gained a Daughter, but lost his dearest friend. Anna. Endon. How many more were lost to this...war...I wonder

We tell the tales

Lief stared at the gravestone.

Here lies Endon
The Hidden King
'In waking sleep is freedom'

But he is not awake, thought Lief. He is gone and nothing will bring him back. He felt a disturbing urge to break the memorial, to smash it. No rock will do my father Justice!

We laugh and cry

Barda patted Jasmine and Doom then gestured inside. Now was a time for family. Sharn looked at her son.

We love one more day

Their eyes met and she repeated the verse to him.

We sing, rejoice
we tell the tales
we laugh and cry

"He never stopped believing that, Lief. Never" Her voice was firm as if assuring herself as well as Lief. "If those we love are taken from us, the only solution is to never stop loving them. You do realise that don't you?"

Lief could not hold it back any longer. The tears came fast and hard as he nuzzled into his mother as if he was five again.

Sharn kissed the top of his head and gazed through a thin haze of tears at the grave.

"You'll always be with me my love" She whispered. Lief did not know who to.

We love one more day.

Fin