Daresso gave me the gem, kissed me, promised that he would be by my side forever. I sang for him. I sang for Oriath with his gem at my throat. Kalisa’s gem. Kalisa’s voice. I sang in her echo, performing arias that had once made the Empire weep. I listened to Kalisa’s lullabies in my dreams. I gave myself to her music. Mind… and body. Daresso left me, for Sarn, with a promise to free me from Kalisa. I begged him not to go. Tried to show him the wonder of my transformation, the beautiful daughters he would soon meet. He couldn’t see. None of them could see. I fled from their hatred. When Daresso returns I will cast his cure away. I will teach him what true love is.