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"Nay, my dear Priestess, quite the reverse. Has not our worthy

Father acquainted you with my new-found joy, my Love--my Sister?

Know you not the divine relation that exists between Sarthia and

myself? The hours have seemed days since this knowledge was

revealed to me and I now beg to see my new sister and walk with

her and yourself upon the lawn in the private grounds of the

Temple. Can my request be granted, O Priestess?"