[He says it with an easy smile and a little shrug.]
We can only look forward in life. Endlessly musing over what could've been does nobody any good.
[He really does try to stick to that approach, to the point where he sometimes completely avoids looking back at his past. On some subconscious level his experiences influence him much more than he realises, but he doesn't like to dwell on that. So far forging ahead has served him well.
He gets the snowmobile ready and casts one more look back at the bridge. Their quest was successful, and while Thoma was quite rattled nothing worse happened... but he can only imagine what a shock the bridge's visions might give to people running from darker possibilities.]
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Right, I meant to tell you about the Pure-of-Heart Bridge - the one that only let you walk across if it finds you worthy. It leads to the neighbouring kingdom of fae, more specifically to a large forest that used to be full of evil spirits at the time we first crossed it. It was a dangerous place, but valuable crystals could be found there. I guess it was kind of suitable that the bridge was a test in and on itself. They put us through so many trials there.
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[He says it with an easy smile and a little shrug.]
We can only look forward in life. Endlessly musing over what could've been does nobody any good.
[He really does try to stick to that approach, to the point where he sometimes completely avoids looking back at his past. On some subconscious level his experiences influence him much more than he realises, but he doesn't like to dwell on that. So far forging ahead has served him well.
He gets the snowmobile ready and casts one more look back at the bridge. Their quest was successful, and while Thoma was quite rattled nothing worse happened... but he can only imagine what a shock the bridge's visions might give to people running from darker possibilities.]
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Right, I meant to tell you about the Pure-of-Heart Bridge - the one that only let you walk across if it finds you worthy. It leads to the neighbouring kingdom of fae, more specifically to a large forest that used to be full of evil spirits at the time we first crossed it. It was a dangerous place, but valuable crystals could be found there. I guess it was kind of suitable that the bridge was a test in and on itself. They put us through so many trials there.