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Lady Death felt the pull. She was being summoned by a newly passed soul. When she arrived, she found a tiny little boy with messy black hair and bright green eyes. Her favored child. This is not the first time she had been called to him, and she knew it would not be the last, as unfortunate as that was.
But still, she went and followed the call to her favoured. She gave him all the cuddles and rocked him until he fell asleep. She held him, cuddled him close. And when green eyes began to blink open, she smiled at him.
Most people, when they saw the Lady Death, found her smile quite disconcerting. But this little boy. When he saw that it was her that was holding him, he beamed up at her and reached his arms out and squeezed her as tight as he could.
"Hello," he chirped up at her, big grin still on his face.
"Hello, blessed one. I'm very disappointed to see you here again." His smile fell a little. He loved it when he was able to see her, it was the only time when he got comforting touch and wasn't hurt for seeking it.
"Kuolema? Are you going to send me back again?" The young one asked in a teary voice
"Oh Blessed One, I have to, I'm sorry. My sister won't stop meddling but you will have a little extra protection this time. It will be painful, and it will be different but it will make you feel whole and in time you will come to think nothing of it"
At this proclamation Lady Death's favoured started to cry harder, not really understanding why he had to go back and not stay with her.
"Will I get to see you again?" He asked
"Yes, my Favoured, I will see you again one day." She replied sadly