"Yes, and no. They were jewels, only, in some ways, but far more than that, in others. They held living light, as no other gem has done, before or since, capturing the light that birthed both Moon and Sun, the further the last remnant, now, of that. And they were hallowed, that they would suffer no evil touch. And they are weregild, also, for to claim them the Dark Enemy slew my grandfather, our king."
Lowly, he adds. "Some say my father put too much of himself into them, and perhaps it was true, that he broke off parts of himself to make them. No one knows, now - as Father never told, but if so they they are more precious again, for they might hold a part of him."
He sighs. "But mainly? The Oath compelled us to all three of them, and would have done even if they had been the most ordinary gems in the world. I would they HAD been, because then maybe it might have been easier for people to give them up."
He frowns. "I'm sorry to hear that, Lan Jingyi. War is never kind, but that folk should be treated so is indeed not right."
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"Yes, and no. They were jewels, only, in some ways, but far more than that, in others. They held living light, as no other gem has done, before or since, capturing the light that birthed both Moon and Sun, the further the last remnant, now, of that. And they were hallowed, that they would suffer no evil touch. And they are weregild, also, for to claim them the Dark Enemy slew my grandfather, our king."
Lowly, he adds. "Some say my father put too much of himself into them, and perhaps it was true, that he broke off parts of himself to make them. No one knows, now - as Father never told, but if so they they are more precious again, for they might hold a part of him."
He sighs. "But mainly? The Oath compelled us to all three of them, and would have done even if they had been the most ordinary gems in the world. I would they HAD been, because then maybe it might have been easier for people to give them up."
He frowns. "I'm sorry to hear that, Lan Jingyi. War is never kind, but that folk should be treated so is indeed not right."