A wise man once said a journey of 10,000 miles begins with one step. Dawm Star realized the truth of this three weeks following the death of her father and the salvation of the Empire. More specifically she had realized that only a sojourn across the length of the Empire was necesary to begin her new life. Her life had not been empty, that was for certain, the only problem was that she was only certain of who she was, not of who she currently is. So since the Water Dragon's restoration she meditated on who she was and she eventually came to her immaterial solution, sojourn the vastness of the Empire and then and only then would she know who she was and what her life was.
She had put all of her affairs in order, she declared her love to her sister, Radiant Jen Zi with whom she had a tearfelt good-bye as she returned to Dirge to restart her order. She had made peace with her cousin Lian. While they were not exactly friends they could now stand each other's presence and their was a definite mutual respect between the two born in the heat of battle at Dirge. Wildflower had been formally taken ni at the palace, she had all the advantages of royalty and none of the strains that Lian had found in life. Sky had chosen a similar path except that his sojourn was against slavery as opposed to the distance of the Empire. Though they had only known each other a breif time he had been a good friend to her and near the end of their adventure they had begun to share a bed. While not the love of her life Dawn Star had to admite that she found Sky's presence exceedingly pleasent and had to admit that their post-coital conversations about life in Two Rivers and and being married and having a daughter had been theraputic for both of them.
It was the season of parting. Jen Zi had left 5 days prior for Dirge, Sky had left 2 days ago and now it was her turn. She had finally experinced the cream of society with the wonders of the Imperial City as was her birthright as a princess, but she was not raised as such like her cousin. Her comfort had been a simple life, but now that was gone and she did not know who she was. Hence the problem and the necesity of her journey. Dawn Star knew where to begin, the hamlet of Two Rivers, a flyer would conduct her their and then she would venture from her home back to her birthplace in the Imperial Palace. She initally planned on packing well but soon realized that that would defeat the purpose. She was to empty herself of the old and fill herself up with the new.
So she would live her journey day to day and not worry about where she would stay, what she would eat and what she would wear. For the Celestial Beaucracy would surely provide, Jen Zi was restored to life and the Water Dragon reborn, so if these miracles were possible then surely the meeting of her basic needs were within the realm of possibility. All she needed was the flyer to take her to Two Rivers, the journey may be 10,000 miles or longer even to get from her home to the place of her birth but she still would begin her journey with a single step and in doing so would find herself.