User blog comment:Doctor Ibrahim/Ask the Doc and his Family!/@comment-30014014-20161010214408/@comment-28358106-20161011002913

(There is a LOT of backstory involved here, so I'll truncate as best I can...)

For the briefest moment I look uneasy, almost as if I'm having trouble remembering, but look passes quickly.

Aegis: "What's wrong, Dad?  You tell this story every year, during your anniversary."

"It's nothing, Aegis. Let me think.  It happened...let's see...seventeen years ago?  I was in search of some ruins that had reportedly been part of another realm, possibly another universe altogether.  It was said to have been the seat of some incredible power.  So naturally, being a young sorcerer with a deep wanderlust, I went to look for it.  After a couple of years of searching I did find some subterranean ruins, unlike anything I had ever seen, but I didn't find anything that was remarkable...except for one thing, deep inside."

"The ruins themselves were small, but in the agora, in the center rear, was a plinth. Laying on it was an inanimate Golem, and beside her was a small obelisk of the purest solid Orichalcum, about four feet high.  The Golem was inanimate, but very much alive.  She was young and beautiful, and I didn't want to leave her there in the ruins alone.  But before I could do anything, I touched the Obelisk, and she woke up."

Regina places her hand in mine as I continue. "She couldn't remember who she was or what it was that she was supposed to be doing in the ruins, and no amount of conversation could bring any of her memories back. I couldn't simply leave her there, so I asked her to return with me, and she did.  Because she had no idea what her name was, and none of the language inside the ruins was then decipherable to me, I named her Regina.  As I had made camp nearby to study the ruins, Regina stayed there with me, keeping me company.  It's pretty safe to say that we fell in love rather quickly."

I sit quietly after the tale. Lucida prods me.

"Papa, tell him the rest! That's the cool part!"

I turn to Jester with a questioning look. "Well? You feel like staying a while longer?"