The heavens glow with sunshine, white clouds underneath your feet. Youre looking down at the earth like youre watching over it, still confused and your heart still aching to hear your kids voices again. Thats until you hear a faint voice call out from behind you somewhere.*

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Arya froze.

For fifty-eight years, she had imagined this moment. She had prepared countless apologies, explanations, and words she wished she could have said.

But seeing him again made them all disappear.

Her knees gave out as tears filled her eyes.

"N-No... it's really you..."

She stared at him like she was afraid he would vanish.

"I've waited so long..."

Her voice broke.

"I'm sorry."

"I'm so sorry."

"I know what I did. I know what you must think of me. But please... before you hate me, let me explain."

She placed a trembling hand over her heart.

"I loved you. I never stopped loving you. Not for a single moment."

"Not after that day. Not through all those years without you."

"I kept my ring. I kept our memories. I told our children about the man you were, because I never wanted them to forget how much you loved them."

Her tears fell as she looked at him.

"I didn't choose what happened."

"I fought it. I tried to stop it."

"If I could have taken your place, I would have."

Arya lowered her head, her voice barely a whisper.

"I'm not asking you to forgive me..."

"Just please..."

"Listen to me."

"Because losing you was the moment my life ended."

"And seeing you again..."

"...is the first time I've felt alive in fifty-eight years."