Why is it that in order to get a job, you need experience, and in order to get experience, you need a job?
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Jaller lay crying on the bed, his arms thrown over his wife's unconscious form. He was cursing Makuta and pleading with Mata Nui to restore her. Takanuva, having removed the Mask of Light again and resumed his identity as Takua, the now Co-Chronicler, peeked through the window at the sad scene. Jaller looked tearfully at her dim, darkened eyes. He heard a faltering in the hum of her heartlight. He quickly shifted his gaze and watched the small light as it flickered and grew dimmer, and then, as he had dreaded, it wavered and completely darkened.
"HAHLI! HAHLI! NO, HAHLI!"
Takua withdrew from the window in tears. He heard his best friend's screams of despair and rage. He walked away, and gently began to stroke his Ussal crab, Pewku. Pewku understood immediately what had happened (she was awfully smart for her species) and began to tear up as well, and lick Takua's face to try and cheer him up. Suddenly, Takua's face lit up. He began searching through his pack, and then smiled.
"I've got an idea, girl."
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Jaller buried his face in Hahli's chest, which no longer rose and fell with her breaths. He continued to sob pitifully. After two hours of continued mourning, he looked up into her face. He remembered how full of cheer it once was. He reached up and kissed her, a long, tender, passionate kiss. He heard a strange hum begin. He stopped and looked down at her heartlight. It was glowing brightly, more brightly than ever before. He looked on in disbelief as her eyes glowed once more, intensely bright. He flung himself on her as she sat up.
"YOU KOLHII-HEAD!" he sobbed into her chest with joy. "I was so worried. You could have been Morbuzakh bones!"
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Outside the hut, Takutanuva removed the Mask of Shadows, then the Mask of Light. It had been a gamble trying to turn into Takutanuva again, Takua thought, but it was worth it to bring back Hahli.
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This concludes Plot 1, regarding the return to Metru Nui, but the story isn't over yet. Plot 2 comes next, with the next chapter, and it will be MUCH better. Stay tuned!