Meesei reached out and took Lunise's hand. "You are part of my family now, my dear. There might be a few words in private I would like to have with Sabine, but you do not have to leave in such a rush."

Releasing Lunise's hand just as quickly, Meesei returned her attention to Sabine. "There are just a few things I thought we might want to talk about. The Staff of Magnus should be brought out from the Silent City's vault before it is time to open the portal. I want you to be the one to bear it in battle. The weapon is yours, after all, and I am sure you will be able to make the greatest use of its potential. It is a relic of the Aedra, of Mundus' architect. It has a kind of power that can stand up even to a Daedric Prince [i]directly[/i]. It would not give any mortal the power to [i]defeat[/i] Vile, of course, but it may prove invaluable to being able to reach him with the Axe. I would trust no one more than you to wield it." 

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It took a while for Ahnasha to give an answer, and even then, there was little certainty to it. "I don't know, really. I mean, I would of course like to see them, but I don't know if there is anything I could really say. There's nothing that could just explain away your father's irrational rage that they had to witness. I suppose I do want them to see you again so that your father isn't the most recent thing they associate with you, but...maybe that isn't important. If their last letter is anything to go by, they still like you. There's just...one thing in particular I haven't been really sure about. If something happens to me, should they be told? No parent should have to live through the death of their child, and they've already had to live through mine once. What right would I have to make them live through it [i]twice[/i]?"