[ It's just like before, she who would not be daunted to stand up when it truly mattered. The oppressive atmosphere of Reims dampened that, but he could feel the flame in her heart as intensely as if it was physical. The Echo tells a person many things; but how to tell others things clearly when it only worked one way?

Alex casts a glance around - they're alone, which is good. His empathy tells him that there are no other spirits lingering. ]

Do you remember the goddess that watched over my world, Hydaelyn?

[ The Mothercrystal, she who embodied the earth and made it spring forth life. She who was weakened by the servants of Darkness, and she reached out to mortals for their aid in turn... ]

She lost much of her strength aiding me. I had to repay it somehow.

[ In a way, it was fitting. She gave him a life, and he would return it to her in the end... which is why manifesting here, to be physical again, is a surprise. Maybe something had happened, but he would trust her to tell him if it did.

This world seems to need help too, no? ]