{thank you for your comments on the first part! I've changed some things - though I haven't put it up on here, it was minor editing and taking out some of the redundencies in long sections of thought. Here's part 2!}

 

        Mia passed a plate to Lile.

        “How will we ever survive?” Lile asked. She looked at the thin slice of bread on her plate. A few peas rolled around it, and a tiny piece of cheese finished the meal.

        “The Creator will provide,” Mia said, handing Coem his dinner.

 {Here's the first part of Mercy Victorious. It's longer than the other short versions of the stories but still shorter than a full-length. I have to say, I think this has been my favorite to write and re-read - probably partly because the characters are inspired by real-life people and the story came in pictures, like Nikolai}

 

There shall be an Eastern dawn.
There shall be a day.
Even though it be far from here,
And I cannot see the way.

High above these clouds I see,
There is the endless sky,
For which the soul forever dreams,
In which the spirit flies.

I trust the Maker of the stars,
The Maker of all light.
He will guide me though my paths
May lead through darkest night.

Though I may feel trapped, defeated,
Underneath these stormy bars,
I know that even though ‘tis night,
In the sky are many stars.