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"Everyone gets old and dies. At least, all humans do. It's okay - I've had a good life with you."

Yonaka had accepted that she was going to die soon. It was Ivlis who couldn't accept that he would lose her, who searched frantically for any way to keep old age from claiming her.

He hadn't expected, or wanted, Siralos to come calling, saying, "I can return her to her youth. Call it a favor for my son, hm?"

Ivlis couldn't possibly trust Siralos, but neither could he refuse his aid, when there were no other options and Yonaka grew weaker by the day. He accepted, and Siralos smiled and told him she would be young again with the next rise of the sun.

Which she was. Dawn found her curled up in her bed beside Ivlis, as young and healthy just before they met.

Siralos had 'forgotten' to mention that he'd returned her to the state of her youth in all ways - without the memories of meeting him, or of any of the years they'd spent together.

For the moment, she slept peacefully.