canon is Earthsea, mun needs more practice with the voice

[donewithdoing]

And when she has learned what she needs to know, when she is finally free to pursue her own path, what shall I do?

Tell me you will work to find a way for me to return when that happens, or to bring Tenar to me. If I am not yet done with doing, very well, but I will need her once our daughter has left us once and for all. As she will need me. I cannot live alone anymore. It was well for my years of wandering and magecraft, but I'm no longer that man, and I miss my wife and the hills of Gont. I will stay here gladly while Therru needs me, but take thought for after. The young are quick to spread their wings; the old need roots.

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[inquisitive_nature]

I fear, good sir, that you will find this place not quite so easily done with.

[donewithdoing]

I'm sure I will not, but the request was worth making all the same. And it will be some time before the question arises, so perhaps by the time it does a solution may be devised.

For now, my daughter is here, and here is where I must remain. Afterwards will be as it will be.

[inquisitive_nature]

You have accepted this truth with far more ease than I did. Aye, but if I had your patience, despite my years...

[the_burnt_one]

Father, i'm not keeping you here against your will, am I? I could not bear that thought.

[donewithdoing]

No, Therru, not at all. I'm taking thought for the future, nothing more. There will come a time when you no longer need me; but until then, there is nowhere else I would choose to be.