“By the sea and in the eyes of the Mother and the Lord of Judgement, I declare myself to you. I come to you without distinctions and without glory, without the trifling and meaningless trappings of mortal honours. I come to you as nothing and no one but myself. Take my hands and see that they are empty – I offer you no wealth but that of my heart, and ask for none but that of yours. Hear my words and know that they are true – I swear myself to you and none other.”
