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“for him. He was sure his elusive name would come to him in time. More memories surfaced from the core of his essence and with them the knowledge of how to wake his other senses. Ah, that was a handy memory. Better than a name. Calling a thread of magic, his soul looked outside of himself, seeking his location and that of his other half. Like him, she’d been known by many names, but to each other, they were the Mother’s Sorceress and her Gargoyle Protector. The female half of his soul should be near. He reached farther and still couldn’t find her. Impatience turned to concern. The female half of their soul always followed him from the Spirit Realm, choosing to be born close to him. Never had he come to consciousness without her already there, touching his mother’s hamadryad tree. While he always chose a gargoyle body for himself,”
― Lisa Blackwood, Dawn of the Sorceress