Celalia hummed as she began brushing out her hair. She had finally reached her room and was ready to take a long bath before dinner. She was still brushing when she heard a knock at her door.
"Lia?"
"Come in, Sena" Sena walked into the room.
"Lia, I just want to apologize for what I said earlier. I just got excited and thought-"
"You thought they were the ones."
"Yea."
They sat in silence for a few moments until Sena spoke up again.
"Do you think they are the ones?'
"I don't know Sena. I think it's best that we don't get our hopes up just to get them dashed again."
"I guess..."
"I need to get cleaned up."
"Yea, I guess I'll go...do something..."
Celalia smiled at her closest friend. "Okay, I'll see you at dinner."
"Right" Sena left.
Celalia went back to brushing her hair.
Sena left the caverns that hid her people and ran to the ancient pillars. When she reached the small clearing that contained the pillars, she fell to her knees before the pillars and wept.
"Please let these people be the ones, please."
Sena continues to weep and mutter her prayers to those that had built the pillars, and to anyone else that would listen.