Drizzt goes quiet to contemplate this. In a way, they really are like gods. Mielikki does not ask him to do anymore than to be himself. It isn't such an impossible task, and he nods with satisfaction that it can easily enough be done. He doesn't need to ask what he wishes to get in return; these sorts of things don't work this way.
"Then I will do so," Drizzt reassures her, trying to think of questions, and when one comes to mind, it takes his breath away by how much he suddenly needs to know the answer. "But I wish to know of one thing in particular, if you can tell me. What... What will happen to my father?"
His voice breaks, unable to help a knot of dread in his heart. It's an open question, purposefully, leaving her to answer as she sees fit. Zaknafein is dead in their world. He is also of a different Mark in this one than Drizzt. But Drizzt is too afraid to ask directly what Zaknafein's fate will be after this is all over. If he is to die all over again, Drizzt would rather not know—he couldn't bare that knowledge, knowing he would lose his father all over again as the time creeps closer to the end. But if he is to live instead, Drizzt will fight all the stronger.
He trusts that Justice will know how to answer it, to keep his heart alive, even if it means lying to him by omission. Drizzt has to believe. But he also has to in some way know something about Zaknafein's fate, either in a small or large way.
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"Then I will do so," Drizzt reassures her, trying to think of questions, and when one comes to mind, it takes his breath away by how much he suddenly needs to know the answer. "But I wish to know of one thing in particular, if you can tell me. What... What will happen to my father?"
His voice breaks, unable to help a knot of dread in his heart. It's an open question, purposefully, leaving her to answer as she sees fit. Zaknafein is dead in their world. He is also of a different Mark in this one than Drizzt. But Drizzt is too afraid to ask directly what Zaknafein's fate will be after this is all over. If he is to die all over again, Drizzt would rather not know—he couldn't bare that knowledge, knowing he would lose his father all over again as the time creeps closer to the end. But if he is to live instead, Drizzt will fight all the stronger.
He trusts that Justice will know how to answer it, to keep his heart alive, even if it means lying to him by omission. Drizzt has to believe. But he also has to in some way know something about Zaknafein's fate, either in a small or large way.