h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

*she slowly registers where she is*

I..I dreamt about my father...it was so real

*looks upset but keeps rubbing* oh... I'm...

It was the same dream I have had before...the night the wolves...the night you...

*she takes a deep breath*

..but then it continued as it had never done before and he spoke to me...he said he wanted to speak to you

he wants to what.... speak to me?

you said he passed his skills to you... maybe he passed other things too...

He said there was a way...I had to relax and not be afraid of the realm of the dead and he could talk through me to you....

Do you want to try relaxing?

If you can I would like to talk to him...

*she is shaking but nods her head resolutely*

*Tiamat looks around, very nervous*

*holds her in his arms* I am here I won't let anything hurt you...

*Cyiadan relaxes against Pesh, she breathes deeply and nothing appears to be happening until....

...she stiffens and an adult male voice comes out of her mouth*

Greetings Wolf Lycan

greet... *stops half way through* I'm sorry for what I did...

You were protecting your pack, just what I was trying to do...

*he smiles warmly, the expression looks strange on Cyiadan's face*

I left my daughter behind and she has had to grow up faster than I would ever have dreamed....she needs to be a child

I am so sorry I did this to her... it is my fault...

I am a monster...

*sighs* I would bring her up as my own... but it seems strange as her fathers killer...

I had hoped you would offer to raise her...but I need to know if this is out of duty or not; I need to know how you *feel*

whether I had killed you or not I would bring her up... like I do with those in my pack...

I have found many an abandoned pup along the way and picked them up...

I care for this girl... I will do my best to raise her into a fine young woman not just to redeem myself... but because she reminds me of a young pup... one I used to be

And where are all these 'lost pups' you have collexted over the years?

they were all made part of the pack...

some of the pack saw it as a weakness...

now some of those pups are fully grown... though that isnt as long for wolf...

I do not want her forgotten as she grows older or in danger from your pack

She will not be in danger from my pack not while I live

I would not forget her, I will treat her as my own... my own I don't forget

Then I give her to you freely, Lord Caretaker