LordKat, I beg to differ: I *do* "make an appeareance", as you say, since I now live in Silmaria as... well, actually the title is "first wife of the consort prince". See, the man who brought me back from Hades, the Prince of Shapeir, proposed to me, and I gladly acepted.
But later he also proposed to two other women
(being the adopted son of the Caliph of Shapeir -something I knew when I acepted- he's suppossed to be able to marry up to four women), and then he actually renounced to the Silmarian throne in favour of the second one, Elsa von Spielburg. So my unusual official title in the kingdom. And you thought Bern and Maytag had a strange relationship!
Incidentally, I guess that explains why I was able to follow Bern's feelings and thoughts so well a few posts ago; I'm also in the situation of being with someone with whom I'd very much want to have a monogamous relationship, but for whom I was willing to compromise.
Because of how much we learned to love each other back in Mordavia, and because how he rescued me from death -twice. Plus, I also helped him save the world quite a few times. When people have a long story together, they tend to react to each other in ways that are anything but simple...
Sorry for going on to such lengths with the story of my life, that probably is of no interest for anyone in this place. But at least, I managed to find at least one point of relevance to the current chapter.
Edit: Sorry, Brion and mods, the fact this is NOT the chapter 20 discussion thread slipped my mind. Feel free to move or delete the post if it is inapropiate.