Her father said, "That is not really fair to say to me. You did not find her dead either. And there is a reason for that, the same reason anyone was coming after you after a sample of your blood was looked at. Your mother's death was staged. She and her people were not going to let it be revealed that she was not aging as everyone around here is. She is of the elvish people by descent. Instead of dying, she will mature more and more most beautifully, gracefully. And she will be ready at length to move on, to where all elvish people go when they are ready to change, to the wonderful beings they become, in another realm. She was only in our lives because she loved me deeply, as she loved you, for I had appeal as a special heir of the wizards, with what I wanted to use for benefit to others in this world. The tragedy in our relationship was knowing the time would come that it would have to be over, I could not have the future of the elvish people, and my work needed to go on, here. Rather than mourn the ending, I retreated to the work isolating myself, which I knew was not right for you. But you really need help, now. Others know you have blood different from the humans of this world, with your heritage from the elvish people. There are those after you to take you captive, for where some will study you with their experiments. You will no longer be free, that is unless we do what is needed."
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