"Numa Child told Elathuria instantly. 'Lady,' he said. 'I will never love anyone the way I love you.' And much to his surprise, Elathuria invited him to kiss her.
" 'Quickly,' she said. 'Because the sun is hot and the hour is passing.'
"Numa didn't think very much about the significance of this. He was simply happy to be invited to kiss his beloved. And as they kissed and talked and kissed again, the hour of the Nonce ticked away..."
"This isn't going to end happily, is it?" Malingo said.
Finnegan didn't answer. He just went on with his story. "When Numa Child kissed her again, there was a little bitterness on her lips.
" 'What's happening?' he said to her.
"She told him: 'Time is passing, my beloved.'
"And to his horror, he saw that her blossoms, which had been so bright and beautiful when he'd first set eyes on her, were beginning to turn gold and brown."
Finnegan's voice, as he told this part of the story, grew soft and full of sadness.
"Finally she said to him: 'Don't leave me, love. Promise me you'll never leave. Find me again, wherever I go. Find me.' "
He did. Numa traveled all over the islands to find her.
Not so cheery
Dya
taken from http://www.clivebarker.info/abaratevolution.html
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