A night unlike any other (part 1)

Before Egon entered her life, time flowed like the sand in her father's hourglass which captivated her attention whenever she was granted access to Kaiser's study. Its unstoppable nature became apparent whenever Adela was engrossed in something significant, and it seemed to come to a standstill entirely when she had nothing to occupy her as if it required picking up and turning again by her own hand.

During the years apart from Egon, time dragged on as if the sand in her father's hourglass was clogged with sorrow, resuming its original fast pace only when she was engaged in matters involving her son.

Now, with her family reunited beneath the Emorian sky, time began to flow like the unstoppable sand in the hourglass every day again. Four seasons passed quickly, and before she knew it, Adela was parting with another summer in Lanark.