Caliope's eyes widened, she looked at Pronab and gasped "My mother?!"

"I didn't know until recently, that is why I never told you anything, nor mentioned it to Amra and Elaine."

"...but how? Why? I don't understand!"

"You must believe that we never planned you to meet Amra, we never planned anything when it comes to how you both met... We are still surprised how you came into our lives, Elaine followed her instinct, hiring you to take care of Amra and the apartment... and then things just happened..."

"But how... what does that have to do with the fact that you met my mother? And when was this?!"

"You saw them hunt me..."

"Yes, two dark Angels were behind you, one of them hurt you with his spear..."

"That was your father... The Great General Andras..."

She gasped and put a hand towards her chest. She could not believe what she was hearing yet she wanted to hear more, and Pronab continued "...at first I did not understood why, but then it hit me... how would he know I was doing my time before I was finally set free? Kuan gives sentence but only the Great General would be the one to see the sentence being fulfilled. I was in one of his lands... and his loved one found me as she was visiting the field... By then they had not met yet... He found her one day singing to me and fell in love of her... her voice was sad but beautiful... He should have punished her for being in that place but he didn't... He was curious as to why she did not do anything to set me free, and why she was not scared of me or him. She said she witnessed when I got punished, and that made her believe there was a world she knew nothing about... she was scared at first but after months she got the courage to return to the same place... and then she found me... She even made up the song to try to keep me company..."

Caliope started to cry and smile, hearing what Pronab was saying about her mother made her heart beat faster with joy.

"He told her I was being punished, but when my time was due, I would be set free. When she heard that, she smiled and hugged him, and he almost fell to his knees... I could see how it shocked him, he knew he found his Asteria. He made her promise not to visit me again or it would jeopardize her safety and my freedom. She nodded, kissing my cheek as a goodbye... I never saw her again after that..."

"But that means this was not long ago!"

"That is why I could not believe you were her daughter until recently... Caly... my memories are over three thousand years old..."

Again another gasp, and this time she shook her head and closed her eyes, rubbing her tired and watered eyes.

"He must have claimed her the way Amra wants to claim you..."

Caliope smiled, this was one of her greatest fears. To know Amra was so eternal and she could only survive a fraction of his existence made her sad in a way only she could understand, yet she pushed that thought aside many times. But now Pronab was telling her that her mother was over three thousand years old before she died, which meant that her transformation would give her the gift to endure the passing of time as well, and she would be with Amra until time stopped existing.

"Can I see my mother? In your memories..."

Pronab took a deep breath and held silence for a moment. Caliope was looking at him pleading with her eyes. He finally nodded and she slowly moved her hand towards him. He took her hand and she felt nothing. "You are too anxious, relax..." He squeezed her hand gently as she took a deep breath and nodded, and then everything went dark.

This time she was anxious and even enjoyed the dark void surrounding her; she knew that soon she would see the face of her mother. The darkness around her was slowly vanishing when she found herself inside him again; he had his head low looking at the grass grow and dance with the wind. For a while there was only silence and the sound of the wind, then footsteps on the grass. She wanted to look up but she couldn't, she was not under control. A fainted music started to sound and she recognized the song, it was the song her mother was singing to him. For a little longer, he remained there waiting for time to pass by. Then silence again, and after a while, the song continued. Finally he started to move his head, and then he saw her; and she was beautiful, young, and so pure. She had long braided hair to the side, and a rustic dress of no particular style. Her eyes were like honey and her smile was shy, kind and sad at the same time. Caliope was crying of joy inside Pronab's memories, she was looking at the most beautiful creature under her own eyes. Finally she saw from afar, the winged creature was coming to them; her father, she remembered. He landed right behind her, with a serious, dark angry look on his face, he walked from behind towards her, but the closer he got, the slower he moved; mesmerized by her song he stood there for a while hearing her. He had the face of a man who fought a thousand wars, but who fell under a spell. She then turned halfway to find him, and blushed smiling and lowered her head. He came to her side and looked at Pronab then back at her, asking her in some strange language what she was doing there. Just as Pronab told her, she explained how she got there and why she was there; she saw her father confused about what to do, and about her as well. Inside she smiled, it was touching to see them both.

Caliope gasped when she returned back to herself. Pronab had a hand in his chest and was breathing heavy.

"Thank you... thank you so much...! Are you... ok?"

"It just... hurts a little still..."

"What hurts?"

"The scar your father gave me with his spear... each time a certain power is used, it makes it hurt..."

"Powers? My powers?"

"No... Amra's... he must be close and using his powers again..."

"They need to know Pronab... you must tell them..."

"I was not supposed to remember that... I was supposed to forget my past and make a new life..."

The doors broke open and Amra walked into the room with a worried face, he stopped after watching Caliope leaning towards Pronab with tears in her eyes. She could not help but to smile at him and ran to his arms.

"I need you to see this with me!"

Amra held her, looking at Pronab as he got up and watched Elaine arrive behind Amra, a little breathless. When Caliope saw Elaine's face, she got serious and questioned Amra.

"What happened? why are you both like this?"

"We were reviewing the new location they are building when Amra started to run back here, I have no idea..."

"Amra?"

"Are you ok?"

"I am... I am overwhelmingly happy!"

He nodded, then looked again at Pronab who was still serious and quiet. Elaine walked into the room and exchanged looks between both before finally speaking "What is happening Amra?"

"I felt she was under a great deal of... something different... she was crying..."

"You sensed me?"

He simply nodded.

"And you assumed I was in danger?"

"...are you?"

Caliope followed his eyes and saw he was staring at Pronab. She pulled his arm and made him look back at her."

"I am not in any danger, and in fact, I am happy you both are here... Pronab has discovered something... will you share it with them? please..."

Pronab nodded slowly, he was not happy about this but he was beginning to think that the sooner they got over it, the better "I have realized that I met her mother a long time ago..."

"Caliope's mother? how?"

"Wouldn't be better if you all saw it for yourselves?"

"He showed it to me, in his memories... Elaine, I can enter people's memories!"

"If Amra can do what he did back in Greece... you could all see what she saw..."

Amra nodded and took Caliope's hand, squeezing it gently. She smiled at him and then took Elaine's hand as well "We should all hold each other's hands... right? like you made us do back then?" Amra nodded.

Pronab was obviously uncomfortable but he was playing along with them as he knew that sooner or later he would have to reveal his past to them. When they all held each other's hands, a strong drop on the atmospheric density and the clouded vision started. Elaine was disturbed but continued in silence waiting for some guidance, when Amra explained "We are all going to see now what she saw in his memories... relax, my Asteria..."

Caliope nodded and smiled, trying to calm down even though watching her mother again was something she greedily wanted. After the darkness around them disappeared, they were trapped inside her vision, and just as she was before, without control of the person itself. This time she could notice more details. Her mother was not only young and beautiful; she also had a birthmark on her shoulder. Her clothes were not the best quality, she came from a humble origin, and she probably chose to walk over those lands because they were desolated. Her father was strong, he had a strong will as well. They both were something else completely when they were standing in front of each other. She was shier than usual, yet attracted to them both; he was a power to behold, so strong and determined, yet completely humbled and powerless in front of her.

The vision of her father was more clear now, she was focused on her mother more than her father before but now she could see he was a man with darkness around him. At the distance, he had more winged men waiting, all of them eager to come closer. They looked at her mother with a sort of hunger or excitement; which made Caliope gasp, afraid of her. Then something changed, when he saw her and spoke to her, they all turned their heads and looked disappointed. He found his Asteria, and they knew it. She was safe.

After everyone opened their eyes, Caliope was smiling bright. She turned to look at Amra who smiled at her softly.

"Did you see her? did you see my mother? she was so beautiful!"

Amra nodded "She was indeed, a kind soul, my love... you have inherited from her quite a lot."

"So this was what happened? Pronab..."

Pronab frowned but nodded, he watched Caliope smile and Amra hug her, yet he avoided to look at him. Elaine was serious but kept quiet thinking over what it meant. It was only when Caliope saw Pronab and Elaine exchange serious looks that she finally burst her bubble.

"What is wrong Elaine?"

"My dear, nothing is wrong..."

"I can see that it isn't true..."

"It is just, I would have prefered to know about this first, and not "seen" it like we just did..."

"He did nothing wrong, he buried his past as he was told to and as he should have, but the reason he remembered it was because of me..."

"What do you mean my dear?"

Amra was now paying close attention to Caliope, and both Elaine and Pronab sat down to listen at her speak. She took a deep breath and tried to line up her thoughts. When Amra squeezed her hand before he sat on the edge of the bed near her, she nodded and started to talk "One of my deepest fears when I found out about Amra's real nature, was how long you all live, and how little my life is in comparison to all of yours... and it hurt me, because I feel such a deep connection to him, it saddened me to think about how little I would share before nature itself or something else could take me away..."

Amra tried to talk but she pleaded him with her eyes and a hand on his shoulder. He nodded and kept quiet.

"I might not know well about how or why many things happen in this new world I am discovering with you, but when Pronab shared his memories, he told me this was over 3 millenniums ago... to me it is a big deal! That means my mother survived this long... and he said it was because my father claimed her as Amra wants to claim me... So you see, I am not only happy because I could see my mother, and father... but because I feel like a big relief knowing "time" itself won't be a problem... I do not have to worry anymore and it does make me quite happy, I feel like I really can enjoy myself with him..."

A little pause made Amra stand up and hold her, he lifted her chin and smiled at her. A soft kiss made her blush and her body was filled with goosebumps as he pressed his forehead on hers "Time will not take you away from me, I will claim you, and if you let me, make you mine for the rest of eternity... and beyond..."

She smiled wide, and Elaine chuckled a little before getting up and pulling Pronab from his hand towards the outside of the room. He quietly followed and Caliope turned around to look at them both.

"You are leaving?"

"It is time for Amra to do things properly, and so we need to leave you two alone."

And as Elaine winked at both of them, she and Pronab left, closing the doors behind them. Caliope smiled and turned around to look at Amra with questions on her mind. He was pensive but he took her hands and both sat on the bed "I am not sure of the proper procedure for this, but I really want you to be happy and to have all you wished for."

"I am happy, and for the first time I feel like I have nothing to fear..."

He closed his eyes and smiled, then took her hand towards his chest and held it tight. Slowly, a thin glow started to appear; her hand that was almost a fist, slowly gave up and started to open. She could feel something different, material, forcing her to open it.

Amra whispered "What I know of this world and mine, is that there is no point living if you do not have someone to live for... A mission is something to keep you focused, a partner of life, is something to keep you alive."

And with those words, she looked at her hand and saw something strange, it was like a piece of thin and soft silk that had a soft gold translucent color. She touched it and rubbed her fingers on it, lifting her chin up a little confused but smiling widely at him; there was something on that fabric that made her shiver. He opened his eyes and smiled at her.

"This is a part of me, an important one... a piece of my wings..."

Caliope gasped and blushed, the memories of his ethereal wings flashed on her mind. She looked down at the piece of fabric and remembered how it looked like for her, and now she was touching it.

"It is a symbolic gesture, one I hope you accept... if you would marry me..."