"Very well," Father O'Malleyh said, with a wide and relieved smile on his face. Neither he nor Matthew would be required, or even tempted, to draw swords.
He then launched into a short but eloquent description of the sanctity of the sacrament of marriage in the Catholic view of things, and of eternal bonding within the Rihannsu view of things. He managed to meld the two nicely, interweaving the different, but not discordant, tenets of each culture. As he had promised, he kept it brief.
"Matthew Thomas Brennan," he said, after only a moment's pause. "You have come here today freely, to profess your love for, faith in, dreams of and a desire to build a life with this woman?"
"I have," Matthew told him, his eyes unable to leave Carrhae's.
(OOC: Forgive me for not having the full name handy? Please insert here?).
(ooc: she would have given him all but her 4th name. even matt hasn't heard that one, yet.)
"And Carrhae e-Naltia t'Llhweiir. You, too, have come here today freely to profess your love for, faith in, dreams of and a desire to build a life with this man?"
"I have," she replied.
"And the two of you shall swear before God, the Elements, and those assembled to witness, that nothing - not a person, not circumstances, not miscommunications, not jealousy or frailty, not even the Elements of God themselves, shall be permitted to interpose between you in this union?"
Matt's eyes were still locked in hers. "We do," he said, knowing she would join him.
In unison, Carrhae's voice melded with Matt's. "We do."
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