He let his unblinking gaze slide tenderly over her, and when he had already begun to fade into the unknown, he embraced her, and as their breaths became one, he whispered softly in her ear... "May my love for you be a beacon, so that even in the stormiest of nights you may find your way in the tempestuous sea of existence... May you dance in ecstasy to its intoxicating melody, so that you have the strength to stand unscathed amidst the turmoil of reality..." A strangling knot rose in his throat, as if he were drowning in the sudden flood of blissful memories, but he forced himself to persevere, for his time with her was short... " When all is dire and bleak, remember my love... remember, and may these reflections be the shining light that dispels the shadows in the labyrinth of your mind." "I love you..." he said, and his words carried all the unbearable sorrow of a god suffering under the yoke of a tragic loss...