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hungryblackbird · 9 months

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Thinking again about my own post-canon, and how diligently Séa works to learn Wish in hopes of gifting Gale a lifespan that matches their own… It’s selfish, yes. But they are fey-born— they come by it honestly. And they’ve been having to act selflessly for so long, it seems only fair.

They work hard. And they succeed! Because of course they do— even before the tadpole, they had powerful friends, and were an extremely talented caster in their own right.

And it should have just worked. That should have been it. There were the potential side effects, yes, but they knew of them and were more than willing to suffer them if it meant being able to grow old and grey together.

That would have been too easy. Instead, it is Mystra who answers the call. The Wish will be granted— they’d earned that much, they’d followed the rules to get to this point. There would be no tricks (there is a snide comment there about how she isn’t Fey, after all). They would be allowed equal lives— another 500 or more years together. With one condition: Gale must come to her and ask her himself.

And Séa can’t even fight back on it. Can’t say all the things they wish they could. Because you can’t argue with the God who once again holds the love of your life’s life in their hands. All they can do is insist that he doesn’t have to face her alone.

I waffle back and forth on what I think Gale’s reaction would be. On whether he would go forward with it with confidence and without hesitation (after Séa had regained their strength, of course. There’s a lot of fussing and “you should have told me’s” and “I should have been there’s”), or if there would be an argument and feelings of dread.

There is, of course, also a great deal of pride. Wish is no simple spell, and he’d actually been looking into it himself, only other things had taken precedence at the time. He’s still shocked at the lengths others will go for him simply because they care. (And there’s also a slight twinge of jealousy because he was beaten to the punch.)

At the meeting, Mystra attempts to be cruel. Attempts to poke and prod and needle. But this isn’t about her. She is a means to an end. A conduit for a well earned Wish that she is now obligated to fulfill. The interaction is distant— terse and formal, no more said from Gale and Séa than what needs to be. She does not get the rise she hopes for.

And in the end, there is a great deal of petty satisfaction: she tried so hard to convince him to cut his life short, and now she’s forced to allow him to live while he only eyes for another.

#/sighs/ this post wasn’t supposed to be a whole thing but HERE WE ARE #i’ve gone over it too many times in my head lmao #i hear ‘tragic human/elf relationship’ and say ‘but… what if happy ending instead?’#there’s still tragedy in it! i mean… they adopt a human and tiefling child for godssake!#but also they both have so much love to give the world and each other they deserve those extra years :’-)#i keep editing this to add more to the tags since they didn’t fit the initial tone of the writing lmao #oc: séadhna andrus #otp: worth more than kingdoms

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