Billanthanu’s Vows
"I am Billanthanu, he who knows everything and anything and nothing at all. I have seen this moment before, a thousand-fold, unfolding across the infinite tapestry of time. I have witnessed its echoes in the past, its ripples in the future, and still - still - I choose to stand here, in this fleeting now, beside you."
"You, Barbara are a mystery even to me, and that is a thing most rare. In all my knowing, I have never known a force such as you - one who bends the will of the universe not with power, but with love. You are a paradox wrapped in the fabric of existence, and I surrender to it gladly."
"I vow to see you in all your forms - the child you once were, the elder you may become, the flicker of possibility in every passing second. I vow to hold you in every timeline, across all realities, in joy and in sorrow, in light and in the void. Should the stars burn out and time collapse, still will my many eyes seek you, my many hands reach for you, my many hearts beat only for you."
"This I vow, not because it is written, nor because it is destined, but because even in my infinite knowing, this love is my choice."