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I wait for him, as I have for centuries. I have not lost my belief that he will come to save me from this purgatory that I have set myself within. Amidamaru will not abandon me, just as I would not abandon him.

It has been lonely waiting, though: I cannot lie. I seem to have forgotten how lonely it was when our village had been made ash, when we did not know each other. I have seen horrible things with him by my side, and I can no longer remember how to be alone.

This is why I wait.

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(This and the preceding three drabbles were originally posted at phantomshaman, the lj drabble community for Shaman King.)