[Mia is not entirely prepared for the answer that the Mother of Faces gives her, and the question that's put before her is a significant one, and not one that Mia has an immediate answer for. She hesitates in answering, looking away from the spirit's own faces as she mulls over the answer. Yet inevitably, she looks back up again with a sympathetic frown.]
If what I have heard is true, it has been thousands of years since the last Harmonic Convergence, since the world when humans and spirits have, in the broader sense, cohabited together. Yes, this world has changed since then. I could not tell you to what extent it has; I can only guess. But yes, you are right; I know that there are many who do not value the spirits as they once did.
But have we not seen miraculous events such as Tui giving life to Yue as well as Yue returning it to her? Have we not seen so many spirits coming here to join their human brethren to coexist with one another once again? Do we not still have the spirit lights in the North, with the spirits dancing in the night sky to remind us of their presence?
If your heart is still soft, then am I wrong in believing that, despite it all, you wish to be known? That you wish for my kind to come here and relate our stories to you? To pay back the favours you have bestowed upon us at birth?
If that is not your wish, then I will am more than happy to leave you be, just as I said I would earlier. But, if instead I am not far from the mark, I am ever yours.
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If what I have heard is true, it has been thousands of years since the last Harmonic Convergence, since the world when humans and spirits have, in the broader sense, cohabited together. Yes, this world has changed since then. I could not tell you to what extent it has; I can only guess. But yes, you are right; I know that there are many who do not value the spirits as they once did.
But have we not seen miraculous events such as Tui giving life to Yue as well as Yue returning it to her? Have we not seen so many spirits coming here to join their human brethren to coexist with one another once again? Do we not still have the spirit lights in the North, with the spirits dancing in the night sky to remind us of their presence?
If your heart is still soft, then am I wrong in believing that, despite it all, you wish to be known? That you wish for my kind to come here and relate our stories to you? To pay back the favours you have bestowed upon us at birth?
If that is not your wish, then I will am more than happy to leave you be, just as I said I would earlier. But, if instead I am not far from the mark, I am ever yours.