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ALT A digital painting of Essek, an elf in sumptuous blue robes, and Caleb, a human in a leather coat over a maroon shirt, sharing a moment on a stone spiral staircase. Essek is climbing up and Caleb is descending; in the moment of their passing each other, Caleb has clutched Essek's hand in his arms and drawn it to his face. He clings and presses his lips to Essek's forearm, like he doesn't want to let him go, but this is the only part of Essek he can reach. Essek's hand rests limply in Caleb's arms, but Essek himself is anything but unmoved; he has turned his face to the wall with a stricken expression. Caleb doesn't want to let him go; Essek doesn't want to leave. But they cannot stay; in less than a minute after the scene in this painting, they will have departed. The only evidence they were there will be the strand of pearls scattered on the floor: fortune, slipped through their fingers.