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hey sad prince. let’s go get your cube.
rayla is kind and good. she’s fast, fearless, strong—
it means i trust her. unconditionally.
come get some rest.
i don’t care if you’re crying, i’m here with you.
i can’t lose you like this, you mean too much to me.
that was brave, rayla.
i waited too long. i hope you know—i know.
good thinking with aspiro.
you’ve got to stay with me!
but would it be okay, maybe, if i stay? and we just... don't talk?
rayla is selfless, strong, and caring.
i'm glad we can be here together, looking at the stars.
she’s not a fool.
so are you two, like—did-did i interrupt something? between you and—
i’m afraid of hurting him.
i left without him because i couldn't bear to put him in danger.
if you say so, mage.
so, two primal sources. now you're just getting greedy mister mage.
you are so…
i left him alone. i shouldn't have—rayla, don't.
it's a bridge between our two worlds. and now here we are, crossing it together.
callum, are you okay?
rayla, are you okay? rayla, it's okay.
i wasn’t sure if you guys needed two blankets or just one?
just remember me, okay?
i'm so glad you're here. we need to talk.
i'm so happy to see you again, callum.
rayla, if today is our last day… i want you to know—
strong relationships need honesty. the full truth.
but not everything has changed. i would do anything for you.
he’s smart and kind and brave and he’s…
oh, i get it. kind of a secret forbidden romance situation?
i know that face. it’s the dumb idea face.
the moon ones are the prettiest. yeah, i think so too.
see, you know you’re amazing. you’re smart and fast and beautiful.
you look nice, callum.
we can help them. rayla, we can undo this spell.
but no more detours. or heartfelt speeches.
if you die out there, i swear i’ll kill you!
you still love her, don't you?
i want to show you everything!
when you care about someone it’s hard to hurt them, even when what you’re telling them is the truth.
but i think - i know i can trust you to help me carry this.
i thought you’d like them!
yup, i draw when i’m upset.
that's the dark magic you want. just... just let her go.
he’s noble, and true.
that’s what makes her a hero. that’s what makes her… rayla.
she's not 'the elf'. she's rayla.
just hold onto me.
you okay?
when you left, it hurt him bad. real bad. he was miserable.
you’ll get through this, you big dumb human.
amazing idea! i'll try it.
i do trust you.
i’ve been thinking about something someone once told me […] you did.
what is he doing to you? let him go!
say the word and i’ll go back into that tower with you.
rayla, i love you.
my friend. my best friend.
thank you.
then take another path, dummy.
thanks for humouring me, rayla.
hold on rayla!
no, not at all. but i enjoyed it.
we should decide together.
together.
we had something so special.
listen to me! rayla doesn’t deserve this!
no, i meant what i said. you don't need to explain or justify anything to me. you can tell me when you're ready.
but then you spread your wings, and you saved me.
are you doing alright?
rayla, i... need you.
all that talk about how love makes you stronger, but the second you see that elf girl in danger, you completely lost yourself.
i’ll catch you!
because you’re with a girl?
rayla, you’re the most amazing person i’ve ever met.
it doesn’t matter what you did before. i just want you to be okay again.
i'm so glad that you came back!
to love is simply to know this: the tides are true as the ocean is deep.
cause i love you, rayla. i really do.
i need you to kill me.
i need you to push me.
i believe in you.
we’re gonna be okay.
when she came back, i was so happy, and so mad at the same time. i wish i could just forgive her.
maybe so. ask your next question.
and then you called me a mage, and that felt right.
wait. you’ll want to see this.
cause i don't think i can do it without him.
well, i'm glad you liked it.
rayla, are you okay?
i love you, too, callum.
she's alive. and wherever she is, she loves you too.
you don't have to die.
novel quotes
and for some reason she found she wanted to share what she had seen with callum, even if she didn’t tell anyone else.
“No, this is not your fault,” Callum said. He couldn’t let Rayla carry that burden alone.
he’d been so focused on his drawing the hadn’t even noticed her looming over him. this foggy-brained behaviour was not good. he had to be more aware of his surroundings. he shook his head as he looked back down at his drawing. oh no! he’d been drawing the elf!
but callum lingered. “are you okay?”
It was a tall order, to stand up when nobody else would. But he owed it to his stepfather - and to Rayla.
rayla met callum’s gaze and held it for a long while, as if trying to decide what to say.
Callum was suddenly struck by an intense wave of gratitude. He’d never met anyone as brave as Rayla. How did he get so lucky as to be her friend?
callum watched rayla in the early morning light through half open eyes.
Callum stared after her. He wished she didn’t have to keep risking her life for them like this.
“you’re a talented artist.”
Rayla was now one of the best friends Callum had ever had.
he felt a hot blush creep from the bottom of his neck to the top of his forehead. why did he keep embarrassing himself in front of her?
rayla wondered if callum could see in her eyes that yes, everything was wrong
“I’ll follow your lead,” Callum said to Rayla.
“look… rayla,” he said, feeling the still unfamiliar name on his lips.
he couldn’t let rayla carry that burden alone.
despite herself, rayla grinned.
It was one thing for him to do the thing (the jerkface dance) at home… but in front of their new friends? In front of Rayla?
Callum gulped. Rayla’s thin, strong arms wrapped around him meant everything. He smiled and hugged her back.
Could he really bring himself to go through with his plan? What if he didn’t succeed? What if he compromised his beliefs and it all ended up being for nothing? […] But her blade bounced off with a clang, sparks flying. She reeled back and tried again. Nothing happened. She was in trouble.
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i couldn’t lose you.
a young, talented, dorky mage, but like, cute dorky.
but the second it seems like you’re in danger, i’m jumping in after you.
[my character] cannot help but look at her.
stay away from him!
how long have you two been a thing?
when i woke up, i saw that rayla had been watching over me the whole time. that made me happy. and something else made me happy too: i finally understood the sky arcanum.
that’s… poetic, callum.
i trust you. and you’re right.
you’re doing great!
i thought you’d make a cute face — but it’s more of a uh, angry cute.
you know i’m always here for you, right?
that’s not cheesy at all, callum. magic is love!
so i know this was supposed to be a family call, is it okay if rayla joins?
i’m not going to risk both of us.
come here, dummy.
i let you jump into the nexus alone and i knew right away i made the biggest mistake of my life. i could have lost you.
a mysterious elven assassin with two beautiful blades to match [her] two beautiful eyes.
i never want to lose you either. i love you, callum.
i felt stupid for risking my life — and zym’s — but rayla made me feel better, like she always does.
viren has taken away everyone i love — except you.
i love you, too.
but you're basically my best friend. i wouldn't let anything happen to you, no matter what it took.
TDP shorts quotes
"It was the night everything changed. The night we found Zym’s egg, right over there! And it was the night I met—”
And beyond the Border, a warm castle, and a mage—
But I can’t let you stop me, Callum. No matter how much I want to.
It still hurt. She was still gone, and Callum had no idea if she’d ever come back.
He was barely taller than Rayla herself, and couldn’t have been older than—what would he look like now, she wondered? Nearly two years older, a few inches taller—
You’re smiling in your sleep, Callum. You look so cute when you do that. I hope that maybe it’s because you’re dreaming of me.
Callum shook his head. He couldn’t think about her. Not now.
She shut the voice out. Rayla would not humor his haunting. Not today. Not now.
Humans were frustrating. Humans were clever. Humans could do anything, they could be anything, they could take their own fates and change them—
It was impossible to say her name out loud. Rayla.
And in the crowd behind him, a flash of red. A scarf. For a moment Rayla was somewhere else, far away and safe and warm, following that red scarf instead of turning her back on it—
I have to. I love you too much not to.
I wish I could say that we will see each other again, but I don’t know if we will. I hope so.
She remembered the numbness in her own body, knowing he’d die a violent death at the base of the Storm Spire, and she would quickly follow—until a pair of wings closed around her, saving her, holding her—
I’m carrying it with me! Always. I love you. I love you so much.
"Who are you?" Rayla balked at her. It was an awful question. She wasn’t an assassin, she wasn’t an elf of the Silvergrove, she wasn’t anything at all, she was just—“Rayla.” That voice again. Rayla pushed away, trying to focus on Redfeather. “I’m—” “—selfless, strong, and caring—” He persisted, as he always did, and his voice took her far, far away. She could still see it: the stars of the desert gleaming above her and in his eyes. “—that’s what makes her a hero. That’s what makes her—” “Rayla,” she said, meeting Redfeather’s gaze. “My name is Rayla. And I’m going home.”
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