He walked following without knowing it the road traced by the dirt ball he was, crossing the forest, the fields, going back up the corridors adorned by minerals, to finally enter the biggest room, without window as others, but lighted a diffuse light from which he could not see the source.
Laïlo awoke as he arrived, as if Mildenn brought her/him to life. Her/his long hair, making a sheet under her/his body, lifted up before her/his head, light, to bloom around her/him, golden as the fields Mildenn had crossed. The Laïlo’s beauty struck him, irradiating of grace, of strength. Her/his body was at the same time thin and robust, but also muscular and delicate. Her/his large and huge eyes, green as forest’s moss, stared him with kindness. A tender but powerful voice echoed in his head, whereas the fleshy lips in front of him gave a hint of a smile :
« Welcome Mildenn, my child. You are lovelier and stronger as in my dream. My brother Ulepal can be pleasantly surprising in spite of himself. »
Subjugated by the beauty of the being fronting him, Mildenn managed anyway to answer :
« So, is that you who created me ? »
Laïlo smiled more. Her/his voice went on in Mildenn’s mind :
« Yes, and no. You have took control of your own existence leaving my kingdom to find alone what would make you unique, perhaps by chance. Ulepal completed you without realizing it, with the aim of growing his army. But you are different, because you took from me and from Oelynn to become Mildenn, the first léfenn, « the one who goes ». »
Mildenn completely realized his being, that he was alive, and also that he was alone.
As if s/he understood what he was feeling at this time, Laïlo added :
« Don’t worry, you won’t be alone for long. My lands are huge, and I would like to see you growing into them. Take care of them, and they will give you back. My brother doesn’t understand that we need each other to exist. You, our child, could maybe tame him and unite us durably.
– But how ? »
Laïlo lifted a slender but firm arm towards the corridor.
« Follow this way, and take place in a bedroom, you must be tired. You’ll find your answers, I have no doubt about. »
In fact Mildenn felt his body grow heavier, as if he was drained of a part of his substance. His steps drove him to the neighboring bedroom. He extended himself on a raised slab, and fell asleep, like Laïlo.
He started to dream.
Mildenn didn’t known how much time he slept, but noise and movement awoke him. When he opened his eyes, an entity similar to him was standing in the room and looked at him.
It looked like him very much, but adopted Laïlo’s beauty. It was like a copy, well achieved, of the pattern he was. Built by chance, dream and various emotions, Mildenn could see that this second léfenn, unique itself, was imagined with what he had not, to improve and complete him.
He stood up and approached it, realizing their differences, with the desire to know this second being growing in his belly. The other one walked towards him.
“Mildenn. I have dreamed of you. I will be Naeza.”
The Naeza’s softer body met the rough Mildenn’s skin and shivered. It slowly moved forward, and pushed the first léfenn against the slab where he rested few instants ago, and laid on him, their bodies melting together, finishing their creation.
When Mildenn and Naeza woke up, the eternal light’s room and the stone palace had disappeared. They were lying on moss, near a field, on the forest’s edge.
Their life began.
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