I can't believe Keahi is my mate. It is like a dream come true.
For years, I had watched her from afar, and my heart ached whenever someone spat a cruel word at her. I had seen how cruel the other phoenixes were with my mate, but I abstained from intervening until I couldn't hold back any longer.
The requirements to become a God are complicated and confusing. You can become a God if enough people pray to you, but there are also born Gods, and they don't necessarily have any believers. I thought I could become one and finally get what I wanted one day.
A mate.
But the years passed, and I kept watching the phoenix that intrigued me from afar. I decided to leave her alone until she grew, but when I returned...
She looked at the sky, as if she wanted to fly. I wanted to give her that,
