For a moment, doubt flashed in the beautiful eyes of the nymph, but then she spoke with an unprecedented arden

For a moment, doubt flashed in the beautiful eyes of the nymph, but then she spoke with an unprecedented ardency, as though trying to convince the king, or perhaps herself. "I will not give up! Not a chance! Even a simple drop of water lives a more interesting life than we children of the First World. A drop may ascend and fall, freeze and melt, dance with lightning in the storm, or create a rainbow. We are capable of much more, but we live out each day without trying to change anything in the world, or in our destiny. I want more — I will achieve more. I will become one of the Eldest. I will create the realm of my dreams." ...As Nyrissa spoke, the scene blurred in a mosaic of colors, and her voice began sounding more distant, fading away. For a moment, there was darkness, and we...