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== Chapter Ten: "Home is Where the Heart Is" == <i>Home.</i> Gospel pondered that thought as she proceeded through her morning ablutions. She hadn't had a home since leaving Northshire Abbey two years ago, but even then, the Abbey had never had that certain feeling of "Home". Now, she wandered from inn to inn, dependent upon what city she was in when she retired for the night. There was really no permanency to her life--save one thing. "Home is where the heart is," or so the saying went. Her heart was with Immortis, wherever he was, so it didn't really surprise her that she felt no attachment to any particular place. Immortis held the one part of her that no other place had, and thus all places seemed empty without him. <b>::You are a fool to hold to the hope that he will come running home to you with open arms,::</b> The Other said in the back of her mind; the small slithering aspect swirling in agitation. Gospel was still slightly confused by this secondary presence in her mind, and had often debated speaking of it to Immortis, but for some reason she could not bring herself to. Hearing voices was not widely regarded in a positive light. <b>::You aren't crazy, you know.::</b> The Other interjected, <b>::I have a purpose here. Your destiny has brought me.::</b> "My destiny?" Gospel said, tugging her boots on, "What doth thou know of my destiny?" <b>::That is for me to know. You will come into it in your own time and not before.::</b> The Other stated, matter-of-factly, <b>::I serve a purpose in that destiny.::</b> "And what purpose is that?" Gospel pulled on her cape and left her room at the innn. She had a long way to travel today, and Stranglethorn Vale had requisitioned her services. <b>::My purpose is my own for now; suffice to say that I am here to show you the truth in all things--no matter how they might break your self-made illusions.::</b> "So thou art here to save me from my own naivete?" Stormwind was just rousing as she moved through the streets quickly, her agile steps taking her to the Gryphon Roost. <b>::After a fashion, I suppose.::</b> The Other responded non-commitally as Gospel clambered onto the gryphon's glossy back and it leapt into flight. It sped toward Darkshire, the closest point to the refugee camp in Stranglethorn, "I take it that thou doth not approve of Immortis, since thou doth always speak of him with such venom." <b>::Oh, Child...It's not that I do not approve; I simply cannot understand why or how he could ignore so star-bright a being as yourself. Can he not see what he truly has?::</b> Oddly, The Other seemed amused by this. Gospel shrugged, "He knows, but like me, he knows his duty as well. He cannot have both at once; to try would be a disservice to each." <b>::So you are content to wait until he is ready to love you? You are happy to always be second place to all else in his life--when we both know you should be first?::</b> "I will wait for Immortis for as long as he requires," Gospel said with conviction, "If our love is to live, then it must live free." The Other hissed quietly at that and went silent. Gospel smiled to herself as the gryphon landed and she spent the rest of the trip through Duskwood in blessed silence. Yet, she had told The Other no less than the truth. She loved Immortis and would wait for whenever he was ready. For now, she would strive to better herself, so that she would be a woman Immortis could be proud to love. She snapped to attention before the commanding officer in the Refugee camp, "Gospel Lightfaith, reporting for duty..."
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