Croatian Tales of Long Ago - Suđenice

Blessed - What do you think, ladies, isn’t this the most chubbily bubbily little boy you have ever seen? And those eyes! I cannot resist those eyes. Oh, and cheeks! Soft as a breath of wind in the summer heat.

Evilly - There she goes again, becoming all poetic… I just hope we will not have to debate the same issue as the previous time.

Blessed - But sister, look at that smile! Hearts will burst with delight upon observing that smile! There will be some serious falling head over heels on account of that smile! Legends will be written about it! The good kind of legends! Legends of love!

Joy - Oh, honey, do stop that. You know our sister does not like when you go into raptures over mortals’ offspring.

Evilly - She better remember this time. Mortals simply cannot live eternally. No matter how beautiful the eyes, their souls are never as breathy or as windy or whatever she said. In the end, there are only unfulfilled wishes, empty regrets, secrets… nothing but filth.

Blessed - I do not understand why you are so negative. Mortals have such trying lives. And I feel it in my heart, in my bones that this one will be different.

Evilly - That is a sizable load of horse manure. When the end arrives, they are all the same. All the same to me.

Joy - In this particular case, however, our sister might be right. The boy’s thread of life has Perun’s mark on it.

Evilly - Poor creature… Well, who knows what he did in his previous life to deserve it.

Blessed - Stop with the negativity! Rather, think what we can do for the little one. Oh my, it is so hard for me to even think there could be tears in these beautiful eyes!

Evilly - Mine will get stuck in my head from all the exercise they are getting today.

Joy - Sisters. Yesterday I tangled a bit of extra luck in a life thread of a just born pup. Right there, under the bridge. He was the only one who survived, so I reckon he deserved it. I cannot do the same for the boy, Perun could notice. But the puppy would make an excellent companion. What do you think?

Evilly - Aaaand she is crying. Just hurry with the pup. We should get lost before the bawling attracts the attention of the mortals. Or gives me a headache.