They stared into each other's eyes, but if it was just a moment or an eternity, neither knew. For in that very instant, they saw all that is and was to be. For one it was all the light within the shadows and the other saw all the dark within the light. They knew that their people would come to power, fracture into hundreds of separate factions, and fall from the pedestal of fame. Cycle after cycle of this would occur, then they would fade from the hearts and minds of all. Their existence nothing more than a grain of sand caught in eddies of the storm of life.
The voice that accompanied the whirl wind of images was innocent yet corrupt; male yet female. "Know all that none should know. What do you do with such knowledge?"
They were speechless, trying to process all that they had seen. Their silence was taken for an answer. But still they were cautioned, "You have been given all the grains to share betwixt you, should you attempt to share with others, you will become as part of the sand and thus change the composition of the mirror."
With that the moment was broken by the words that would bond them in the real world as much as they were already bonded in heart, mind and soul. "I now pronounce you man and wife, please face the gathered for acknowledgement." They did as instructed and the voice of the Official boomed over the guests. "Bonded by the Force and now by Galactic Law, I am proud to present, Ashreil and Shom Hii Whill.
