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When finally you do reach the shallows then, his village in sight, you temporarily part ways. You let him swim to shore so that he can reunite with his people and explain the situation, ease them into understanding and accepting you beforehand. Better than you just wading ashore and scaring everyone, of course! From the waters you watch then, watch him reach land giving thanks to the gods, watch people begin to notice him and gather, watch the happiness and celebration occurring. The longer you watch and wait, the more your heart brims with hope and anticipation, that you can hardly stand it!
<span class="mu-b"><span class="mu-i">Yes... this really is it! Look at them all, I'll be with them soon enough, just a little longer... friends, family, and I can teach them about mother...</span></span>
Carried away by your own imagination, it really is such a wonderful thing. And how soon you'll be able to rejoin your beloved, have a normal life together among fellow humans, and...
He kissed her. You thought it a mistake at first, or that you were mistaking their interaction, but even at this distance your eyes don't lie. He kisses her, deeply, that kind of passion only reunited couples have. For how long are they going to kiss... it feels like an eternity, as you feebly touch at your own mouth. Feels like an eternity, for your heart to sink. And is that... she brought a child with her. His child, their child, that he raises up and holds together with the woman. Such joy, such love.
In those moments, those long agonizing moments that you watch, your heart is a more chaotic sea of emotions than the ocean itself. At least one of those emotions though, you never thought you'd feel for him, and how small it is at first. Nothing more than a whisper at first, just a drop in the sea... anger, rage, hate. The longer you watch though, see how the whisper grows louder, how the drop colors the sea. And as your anger rises so does the ocean around you, growing intensity to a storm.
Humans... before it had always been you and them, but he made you believe it could be "us", together with him and the humans. Well he wasn't wrong, that your beliefs before were mistaken, you and them. As the storm worsens and waves bear down on the island, you feel that you're starting to see the truth of how it is... you versus them. Mother always was right, pity you were to young to understand the wisdom of your vengeful goddess. You will continue to share knowledge of her with the humans, continue to spread her faith... but in the way she created you to.
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