Ravek was here this evening when I went to see if he was. It was surprising to me how much this made me feel, at all. And not someone else's but my own feelings. I felt Bad when the others sitting at the table with him left almost as soon as I sat down. But Ravek said this happens a lot, and to him, too. So it was not so Bad anymore, just bad. We talked some again, but mostly I just drank in the Quiet, and leaned against him. At some point I remembered that I had a gift for Ravek and sat up.

I told him that he had his old Argent seal from the times when he was Alive, to remind him of the things That Were and the things that he Died For (this was repeated from what he told me the last time we spoke--no, the time before that, I remember, it was before I met his sister). Then I gave him my Argent seal. It is not a heart, which I wanted to give him instead like I thought about before, but I realized I cannot just get a heart that beats, because then someone will have no heart that beats, and then I will be making someone as sad as Ravek is sad. I will have to ask Master Hieros what to do. For now, my seal can work, I hope.

I told him also that my seal can be for the things That Are and the things that people Live For to go with his seal. I wanted to say instead that he could have something to Live For, like me, but that sounded arrogant even in my head. I am just a small paladin, and I not think it would have sounded appropriate, anyway.

It is enough that he liked the gift, though, I think. I wonder if this counts as a Winter Veil gift? Do I give him more when the holiday actually arrives? Other races' customs are so strange. I will have to read more about it.

Ravek hugged me. I did not expect that. I liked it, and I wish I knew how to ask him for another, but this seems inappropriate, too. I will wait for another hug; I am good at waiting.

He is really strong. I wonder if he was a really strong Argent when he was not dead.