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Time froze.
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The stranger’s azure gaze gently met Michall’s dark stare with the cool blue of his own.
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This was no man.
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This one had the same slightly tilted eyes and upraised brows that Ra-Nu and Ra-May possessed. His eyes were the bluest and purest hue Michall had ever seen, except when he met Ra-Nu’s bold stares. He was as golden and full of light as Michall’s Elfen companions with a grace about him that pronounced him different yet the same.
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‘Yes, there was no doubt,’ he thought. ‘This being is an Elf.’
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Nearly breathless, Ra-May blurted, “You are the one! You are the silent one!”
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Nodding his head as if to say, ‘correct’, he gifted her with an enchanting smile.
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“Who are you and how did you come to be imprisoned in yon tree?” Ra-Nu demanded.
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The newcomer looked up to meet Ra-Nu’s stare. Ra-Nu stepped back, his mouth gone suddenly dry.
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Ra-Nu did not know this Elf yet set within his unfamiliar face was the familiar eyes of an old friend. He was shaken by the force of the memory.
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“I,” spoke the Elf, “am El-Cha, brother to the King.”
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