She smiles softly. "They couldn't be together in this life. Mirket went through hells and back in order to keep Charre here with her, and when he did die in the end, the old ones allowed her to join him in the sky, so that they could be together for all eternity."

She lets her arm fall to her side again as she watches the stars, glass hanging from her fingers. "The old tales are the best ones."