"Dear Brother..."

"..."

"The white fawn... How long has he sat between us now?"

"Too long..."

"It has been years..."

"Hundreds, yes."

"He is almost covered in lichen now."

"As if he is a statue himself."

"His tears... they sadden me..."

"He never stops his grieving..."

"He misses them..."

"His sister..."

"His canines..."

"His lover..."

"They are all dead, now."

"The tears... They are tainting our shrine..."

"We would be hypocrites if we killed him."

"We must uphold the punishment..."

"Couldn't we..."

"...Yes?"

"Couldn't we bring them back to him?"

"..."

"He would leave us if we did."

"We will not tell him..."

"No... but he will sense it."

"Yes..."

"We will bring them back."

"To make him leave."

"The sister..."

"The canines..."

"The lover."

"Shall we then, dear brother?"

"We shall, dear sister.

"But the other boy..."

"The lover?"

"Yes. It is best that the boy not see him again."

"Right. But the dogs?"

"And the sister?"

"He will meet them once more."

"Let us work then, dear sister."

"Yes."

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Thump...

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Thump.... Thump...

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Thump... Thump... Thump...

"Uh..."

"Jergens..."


"What? Who are you?!"


"Someone as ignorant as you would not know who we are..."


"Where am I? Why can't I feel my body?!"


"Your body has long since rotted away. You've been dead for hundreds of years now."


"Dead... What do you want from me? Who are you? God?"


"Hmph. You would never understand. We've come to bring you back."


"Why?"


"For you to find your broken man."


"Faith..."


"You will live and die as a stag.


"Why are you doing this to me?"


"Because..."


"He wished for it.

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Hurm... I think I tied up everything now. Tell me if I didn't.