Azir Toryia - Requiem

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A small photograph was propped against a boulder as a kitsune paid his respects for his fallen sibling.

You were always our Nerd.

You taught me how to write-- how to read, how to speak...

How to cook, how to breathe...

And you left me on this plane alone, to suffer alone. Sej'rin hasn't spoken in years, secluded and completely silent.

I've always looked up to you, Di'or. Even when you were our fragile, stammering, older brother, you gave all you had to this cruel reality. You taught us to stick to our morals and to be as kind as we could. You were our hero...

Our ancestor, Vaj'rin Toryia, would have been so proud of you, big brother.

I'll even be honest, I wanted to read more and more of the books you gave me, but I was too stubborn to admit it...

I want to read with you one more time, Di'or...

But I'm afraid, I can't do what you asked me to do, big brother. I can't become that good person you wanted me to be. Why? Because I'm not like you, and I never was. I can't be as forgiving as you were, no matter what Lady Taiyang taught us.

Your murderer... I'll burn him to ash, over and over again for betraying you- For your misplaced trust in that coward, for betraying his own student...

I'll kill him.

But this day isn't about him. It's your day, Di'or. And hey, did you know I finished building that guitar? The one you said would suit me?  The one me, you, and Sej'rin were gonna build together? Here, I'll play something for you... Just this once.

"Happy birthday, big brother. I love you."