<span style="color: #cc99ff">"Yes. And I'm speaking from experience. My experience may not have been as... gruesome as yours, but it was every bit as traumatizing to me. Order? She will be useful but Jim can help, he can help you replace those memories with pleasant ones. Or worse ones." </span>She took a deep breath and explained to Britomart and Ophidian the full extent of the torture she suffered at the hands of the former Archdruid.<span style="color: #cc99ff"> "When I was with him I forgot about my past, I forgot the screams. I forgot the fear and blood that I smelled constantly, even if I was sitting in a field of flowers. Then Elune made me remember all of it. She dragged every memory back to the front of my mind..." </span>There was an uncomfortable pause as the Elf stared at the table with a look that would be all to familiar to both soldiers.<span style="color: #cc99ff">"But when I'm with Ophidian and my children, things get better... I'm sure Mydras will be slithering and talking by time those memories are back where they belong. But they will go away."</span><br/><br/>Nyarien scooped Leena up without breaking the kiss and carried her to bed, where she laid down and slowly coiled around her mate.<span style="color: #ff0000">"I hope... you will still love me as I learn to understand and deal with these emotions."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>