**Chapter 43 – The Conversation That Eternalized the Tears**
Year 1482 (children at 10 years old). A night of heavy storm, everyone gathered in the main hall, magical candles flickering like nervous stars. Joker, sitting in the center with Harley, raised his childish voice, yet laden with an ancient seriousness.
— Family… there's something Harley and I need to tell you. About the marks.
He touched Lysithea's forehead, which glowed faintly red-gold.
— When the power awakens… lifespan changes too. It increases. A lot. Elves and dwarves already live centuries, but humans like you, Mommy Lys… without this, you would die early. Much too soon for us. But now… you live as long as we do. Eternally together.
The hall froze.
Lysithea blinked, violet eyes slowly filling with tears, then faster, like a dam breaking.
— I… I was always so afraid… of watching you grow up… and me… leaving… leaving my children alone… I used to wake up at night crying, imagining it…
She collapsed, hands covering her face, violent sobs shaking her entire body.
— I never wanted to leave you… never… I would give my life to stay… but now… now I can… I can watch you grow forever…
Mirella, elven eyes full of tears: "I'm already old in years… but for you, Lys… this is a miracle." She sobbed, hugging her.
Graciela shouted in dwarvish, voice broken: "My fragile human… eternal now! I couldn't bear to bury you!" Fists clenched, tears falling like rain.
Sylvara cried loudly: "Mommy Lys forever! I was so afraid of losing you!"
Rina sobbed, tail curled: "No one's leaving! No one!"
Lirien: "I saw this in my visions… but now it's real… I love you!"
Kuroe, voice low and choked: "Chaos gave us eternity…"
Astrid and Marina, small but feeling everything, cried while hugging her legs.
Elara, gray eyes full of ancient pain, sobbed louder than anyone: "In my future… you died early… I buried you alone… but now… now you stay… forever…"
Joker and Harley hugged Lysithea tightly. Joker: "Mommy Lys… you're the heart of our circus. Eternal." Harley: "And we love you beyond time."
The group hug turned into a wave of crying and love that lasted for hours. Tears soaked the floor like a river. Lysithea whispered between sobs:
"Thank you… for giving me eternity with my loves… I'll never be afraid of tomorrow again."