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Test and Progress

Eragon put his kill in front of Saphira then sat next to Arya. She leaned on his shoulder and he wrapped his arm around her shoulders. It had been three days since he had recovered Arya's memory of being tortured. She had sobbed herself to sleep every night and every night, Eragon kept her from having nightmares. Arya was slowly beginning to get past the memory but was far from okay. For her sake, Eragon hadn't tried to bring back any memories and was, for the first time, considering leaving them damaged. He was terrified that if there were any other painful memories and he accidentally brought them back, she would break. He was especially afraid of accidentally fixing her memories of Gil'ead.

As they sat there, Arya sniffed and started to cry silently. Eragon pulled her into a full hug and she began sobbing for the tenth time that day. She didn't cry as long this time and was done before Saphira had finished eating. She sat in Eragon's lap and rested her head on his chest as he ran his hand gently through her hair. He placed a feather-light kiss on the top of her head and she smiled then sat up to look at him with a mixture of sadness and pain.

Then she kissed him. Eragon kissed her back without any hesitation. She turned to face him and wrapped her arms around his neck. She slid her tongue into his mouth and her hands began to move down his back but he broke the kiss and stopped her hands.

"Arya," Eragon said. "I want to, you know I do. But we can't. I'm sorry."

Arya smiled both relieved and impressed. Eragon saw the look on her face and felt more confused than ever before.

"What?" Eragon asked.

"I wanted to see if you would use my condition for your own personal gain and you didn't," Arya said. "Why?"

"Because it wouldn't be right," Eragon said. "Aside from that, repairing that memory brought back more didn't it?"

"No," Arya said. "You comforting me did. It brought back every memory that had my feelings for you tied into them."

"How many was that?" Eragon asked.

"All of my memories starting from when you saved me from Gil'ead," Arya said.

"You remember Gil'ead?" Eragon asked.

"That was the one memory that the other one brought back," Arya said.

"So you've got your memories back?" Eragon asked.

"No," Arya said. "In total, I've got maybe a year out of almost a century."

"Good point," Eragon said.

Arya smiled then kissed him again. This time it was slower and more controlled. Eragon kissed her back and after a couple minutes, they pulled away.

"I love you," Eragon said.

Arya smiled and rested her forehead against his again.

"I know," Arya said.

Eragon smiled but Saphira voiced the same thing he was thinking, though only to him.

"She still can not say that she loves you back," Saphira said.

Eragon kissed her again then moved her off of his lap and finished getting their dinner ready. Saphira ate the last of hers and Eragon and Arya ate in silence. Arya could tell that Eragon was hurt by her not saying that she loved him back but also knew that he respected her enough to wait.

When they finished eating, Arya said, "I'm ready for you to continue."

"Are you sure?" Eragon asked. "What if there are other painful memories?"

"There probably are," Arya said. "But I can handle it."

Eragon nodded and carefully moved toward her mind but stopped before he reached her and drew Brisingr just as seven imperial soldiers stepped out of the brush and rushed at them. Eragon easily cut them down and smiled.

"Simple," Eragon said.

"Saphira," Arya said. "Please keep watch for us."

Saphira nodded and Eragon entered Arya's mind again. He again stood in the room of mirrors but all of the mirrors were repaired. The only other difference, was that Arya was standing in front of him.

"Hello Eragon," Arya said. "This room, is the section of my memories that is tied to my feelings for you. Meaning that it contains all of my memories of you."

Eragon looked around and quickly lost track. There were several that were simple conversations between them, as simple as him asking for directions or even simply saying hello as he walked past.

"What room's next?" Eragon asked.

"That one," Arya said pointing to a door labeled, 'Gil'ead And Similar'.

Eragon nodded and opened the door. Inside, he could see all of the memories of her being tortured and there was one mirror not repaired. Eragon put it back together and saw that the memory was of Durza capturing her and taking her to Gil'ead.

Eragon closed the door and looked around. There were several others and Eragon could see that one was almost completely repaired and were the memories of Blodhgarm. He left those for Blodhgarm to finish and moved on to her memories of Ellesmera. Mainly it was just her life in Ellesmera.

After two hours, Eragon had made incredible progress since Arya was helping as much as she could. He withdrew from her mind and she smiled.

"Thank you," Arya said. "That helps a lot. I'm still missing about ninety three years or so but for now, that's enough."

Eragon nodded and smiled.

"Get some rest," Eragon said. "I'll take guard duty."

"No," Arya said. "I will."

Eragon shrugged then lay down and quickly fell asleep. Saphira did the same and Arya began to watch for enemies. While she did, she also tried to rebuild her memories herself but couldn't. Eventually she gave up.

THE END

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