"Where are we going, Aunt Adrina?"
Adrina looked down at the little girl clutching her hand.
"We're going to Uncle Folken's grave," the boy informed his little sister from the other side of his aunt.
"Oh," the little girl nodded, "Aunt Adrina, why are we visiting Uncle Folken's grave?"
Adrina smiled at her niece and nephew. Golen was ten and had his mother's light brown hair and his father's deep brown eyes. Little Siri was just the opposite. Even at seven her hair was a dark as Van's but she had Hitomi's emerald green eyes.
"Because today would have been your uncle's thirty-sixth birthday," Adrina answered.
The children were silent as they made their was to the family crypt. When they reached the stone building, the children kneeled and put the flowers they had brought onto the steps. Adrina knelt next to the children and said a silent prayer. She then stood, as did the children.
"Let's head back," Adrina suggested. The children agreed and they started back towards the palace. Adrina stopped suddenly as a breeze blew by her, wrapping her in a comforting embrace.
"Folken?" she whispered. She smiled as she sensed his presence all around her. "I miss you Folken, but I know you're always here for me. I'm doing fine." The breeze passed by her again, then disappeared into the trees.
"Aunt Adrina?"
Adrina jumped slightly and looked down to see Siri staring up at her. She smiled at the little girl and took her hand. They caught up with Golen and Adrina took his hand as well. As they walked, Adrina glanced back at the crypt. She smiled as the breeze engulfed her again, then turned back and headed to the castle with the children.
Adrina looked down at the little girl clutching her hand.
"We're going to Uncle Folken's grave," the boy informed his little sister from the other side of his aunt.
"Oh," the little girl nodded, "Aunt Adrina, why are we visiting Uncle Folken's grave?"
Adrina smiled at her niece and nephew. Golen was ten and had his mother's light brown hair and his father's deep brown eyes. Little Siri was just the opposite. Even at seven her hair was a dark as Van's but she had Hitomi's emerald green eyes.
"Because today would have been your uncle's thirty-sixth birthday," Adrina answered.
The children were silent as they made their was to the family crypt. When they reached the stone building, the children kneeled and put the flowers they had brought onto the steps. Adrina knelt next to the children and said a silent prayer. She then stood, as did the children.
"Let's head back," Adrina suggested. The children agreed and they started back towards the palace. Adrina stopped suddenly as a breeze blew by her, wrapping her in a comforting embrace.
"Folken?" she whispered. She smiled as she sensed his presence all around her. "I miss you Folken, but I know you're always here for me. I'm doing fine." The breeze passed by her again, then disappeared into the trees.
"Aunt Adrina?"
Adrina jumped slightly and looked down to see Siri staring up at her. She smiled at the little girl and took her hand. They caught up with Golen and Adrina took his hand as well. As they walked, Adrina glanced back at the crypt. She smiled as the breeze engulfed her again, then turned back and headed to the castle with the children.
