"If we were in my lands, I'd send you to a temple, for the guidance of her priests," Vax explained apologetically. Though to be sure, he'd come away from his own visits with more questions than answers.

He thought on it, then gave Alcuin a serious look. "If you mean that... One of Her tenets is not to pity those that die. Death is the natural end of life. It's one thing to mourn, to make peace with the death of a loved one, and another to let it consume you." Vax didn't think he would need to say how it applied to Alcuin's own story for him to take his meaning.