Epilogue
"Heh, you did a better job than I, brother." Sarevok pulled back from the pool. Around them, the pocket plane buzzed, while in the background Cespenar pottered around, dusting this and that.
"Yeah… that was… scary." Imoen shivered, and hugged her arms.
"How do you think I feel? Me as Sarevok?"
"It is clear who would have been the stronger brother." Viconia stated.
"Maybe, but what about Irenicus, huh?" Wanting to know, Imoen peered at the pool, but its waters remained still.
"It seems that your nature wins out no matter your path." From the side, Jaheira commented.
"I didn't kill her." He addressed Sarevok, "In this life or that."
Sarevok didn't reply but his eyes filled with pain.
"Perhaps… in such a place as this… could a thing be made real?"
"You would trade places with me, brother?" Surprise so genuine it stopped the hulking warrior in his tracks bloomed.
"I would spare you this."
"Well, I wouldn't!" Grabbing and clinging to each of her brothers, Imoen added softly, "I love you both."
"And Gorion?" The quiet utterance struck her.
"You… can't change the past." Still hanging from their arms, she stared at the ground.
"Can't I? Solar–"
"You have seen something of what might have been, godchild. Have you learned more about your path?"
"Gorion made the wrong choice. This reality should never have happened. Can things be set right? Can the reflection be made real? Can I spare my brother this pain and overcome the taint where he failed? Will you send me back?"
"That choice, godchild, is not yours to make."
"Then why show me at all?"
"In answer to your question."
He recalled Sarevok's words. "What if our places had been reversed, brother? Would you become as I? Heh."
"No, brother," he answered softly, "I would not have made your choices."
"You have learned your lesson well, godchild. Three more trials await."
"Thank you, Solar."