Tesys Birth Story [portable] -

鈥淪he鈥檚 too still,鈥� whispered Dorn, Kaelen鈥檚 mate, his massive hands trembling as he touched the baby鈥檚 cheek. 鈥淚s she鈥�?鈥�

And TeSys鈥攕mall, silent, ancient TeSys鈥攔aised one hand and pointed at the cracked purple sky. tesys birth story

And somewhere deep in the Velorian Rift, in a grotto beneath a shattered sky, a newborn child who had never cried began, at last, to laugh. 鈥淲hat is it

鈥淲hat is it?鈥� he asked.

Then, at the thirteenth hour after birth, TeSys opened her eyes. TeSys looked back, her eyes still smiling that

Kaelen looked at her daughter. TeSys looked back, her eyes still smiling that impossible, tired smile.

The moment the name left her mother鈥檚 lips, the spring in the grotto erupted. Water shot twenty feet into the air鈥攃lear, sweet, warm鈥攁nd splashed down over them all. The ravens outside tore the silver threads from their beaks and sang. The stag outside the village lifted its head and walked back into the forest, never to be seen again.