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I am lost.
A lone sister is lost
A LONE SISTER IS LOST
A lone sister is lost
A lone sister is lost
Y18 D184 — 10 days since I became the last Sightwitch Sister
Why am I here?
Is it because I never solved the Nine Star Puzzle?
Every day I say my morning prayers. Every night I stand vigil in the Grove.
Why am I here? Why am I here? Why am I here?
Part of me thinks I should simply leave the Convent. I do not have the Sight, so unlike the other Sisters, I can survive just fine in the outside world. But … where exactly would I go? And what if Tanzi returns in that time?
LOST LOST lost lost LOST
No. I have to stay. I led myself here by choice when I was four years old. I might not remember that snowy day nor how my aunt chased after me, insisting we continue onward to our new home in Saldonica. But when I found the Sorrow and Sister Hilga came out—when I told them all I was supposed to join—no one argued. My aunt and her family continued on their journey without me, and I became a Serving Sister.
Surely all of that meanssomething. Surely the Goddess brought me here for a reason.
This is my home. Tanzi and the Sisters are my family. I cannot … Iwill notabandon them.
No. I will wait here and I will continue serving Sirmaya for as long as She needs me.
Lost lost lost lost
I am lost
I AM LOST
Y18 D195 — 21 days since I became the last Sightwitch Sister
Why am I here?
I have done each Convent chore at least ten times.
I have tended the gardens and the sheep and the chickens every day. I have washed the Supplicant’s Sorrow and the dolmen and even the Standing Stones too. The trails are spotless, and the cellar has never been so free of cobwebs. I have cleaned the lookout’s nest and reinforced the ladder—something no one has bothered to do in ages.
Every rule I was ever taught, I have followed to perfection. Just as I’ve always done. I still say my morning prayers to an empty room—though I have finally stopped expecting the spirit swifts to Summon me.
Thirteen years it has taken before I finally gave up hope.
Pathetic.
I am pathetic.
LOST LOST LOST LOST lost lost
Lost Lost Lost LOST lost lost LOST lost lost
Y18 D209 — 35 days since I became the last Sightwitch Sister
