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Chapter 4: Arwiena & Argon in Rovendellium
"Do you remember when we first met, Argon?"
"I thought I had strayed into a dream."
"Do you remember what I told you then?"
"You said you would share your unpaired electrons with me, therefore forsaking the Basen life, becoming Covalent, like me."
"I meant it."
"I couldn't let you. You would find the end hard to bear."
"Yet easier than forever remaining unpaired."
"Find a Basen king. You can give your electrons to him, and be bonded together forever by your opposite charges. If you come with me, we will be forced to share. I don't have the ability to give mine up, like you do."
"Your electronegativity is far too high, yes—but just high enough to attract me. I will go with you, and we will live in bliss until the end."
"Only part of the time."
"What do you mean?"
"Because we must share, and because my electronegativity is so high, you will be in bliss far less than half the time. You would do well to find one of your own kind, who would make you truly happy, for always and forever. I can only promise to be with you a short time."
"Yet, we are a perfect match. I will come with you. I would rather be in bliss less than half the time with you than all the time with another of my kind. Let me come away with you. Nay, I will come, whether you want me to or not."
"When I declare my true name, fair princess, I will become purely Covalent. Then, perhaps, we might be happier than now, when I am only polar covalent. We would never be able to mix now. We must wait. I will let you come with me then when we might be happier, if your father allows it."
"Even he cannot fail to see your exceptionally high electronegativity. He knows you will not let me go to another."
"Yet he does not wish to lose you."
"I will come."
"I will love you forever, and will make you as happy as a Covalent possibly can."