[Alatriel]

Well... I told him. I asked him if he meant it when he called me his love and he said he did, and asked how I felt. So I told him. I told him that in spite the fact that for so long I couldn't tell if I liked him or if I just wanted to hit him, probably to knock some sense into that thick head of his, I was surprised to find myself falling in love with him. The strange thing is, I never really thought about myself trully being with another person before. It got to the point that I worried if it would interfere with my devotion to Toran. I don't feel that my love for Toran has wavered at all, in fact, quite the opposite, but I needed to talk to someone that might give me just a bit more insight, so I decided to talk to Brandon. As a priest, I figured he would be the best person to consult with, and as a friend, I knew he'd give me a straight answer. I wondered if it was just a trick of Ilsare, or if it meant that I loved Toran less because I could love a man. He told me that he was not interfering in my duty to Toran for the simple reason that before anything really had been done or said, I was asking about how it would affect my devotion to my god. He told me that the important thing was that I was in love with that person and that he understood my responsibilities and passion for Toran, and that together we could do His work.

I still think that deep down he follows Toran at least in his actions even if he won't even admit it to himself. I don't expect him to join the clergy or anything... but there is a lot to him that he hides from the world. Maybe this is just one of those things.