About this time ten years ago I was thinking about Gelis a lot, from the Niccolo series, about how the two of them tried to inhabit each other’s minds, and how it ended up in a huge betrayal. I had a three song day, and this was one of the songs (I should look it up, I’m probably wrong hey Jeff.) The magic that allows him to find her and her to trick him by moving her wedding band around is integral to the books; the song lyrics are pure fanfic, except for the last verse, newly added, which is a condensation of that part of the plot that pertains to their marriage.
between skin and flesh
Did you go straight to a shrine
When you got off the boat
And did you say my name
Did you pray for something special
Maybe self-restraint
God’s own grace to hide your shame
Chorus
I am not the kind of person
that these things happen to
and these things happen
because of you
You wrote down my name on parchment
Then set it ablaze
I know when you did it and it
Stayed in me for days
I am not the kind of person
that these things happen to
and these things happen
because of you
To the world that may be watching
We appear at war
But it is a game we’re playing
Though our son might ask what for
I am not the kind of person
that these things happen to
and these things happen
because of you