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10-01-2016, 05:29 PM
Själ
She thought of many things just then, none of which made her feel particularly better.
She thought of the spirit-child at the Blood Falls, the one who'd claimed that her father had been the one to kill Psyche, the one who had wondered if they ought to be enemies as a result of their parents' deeds. Would it make any difference for her to consider the Dragon's Throat her enemy now, so long after the war had passed? Would it prove fruitful for her to declare vengeance, even privately, against those who had thwarted her mother's attempts to rebuild what once was? Was it better to just forget, to forgive, to move on to greener pastures?
She thought of Zèklè, her best friend, the one creature in Helovia who she could honestly say that she cared for. Sure, there had been Nymeria, and there was Erebos, and perhaps even Rikyn... but none of them matched Zero. What would it mean for their friendship if she hated his home, his family? What would happen if one day she acted upon her anger and came face-to-face with him in battle? Would he ever forgive her if she decided, upon hearing only one side of a generations-old story, to hate where he came from? And even if she wanted to, could she ever bring herself to do that to him?
With or without the Dragon's Throat interfering, Psyche had lost. Her plan had failed. Was this where it all ended for the DarkEmpress? Was this why she had been so lost through the first months of Själ's life? Was this what had driven her to wander from her home, to give up, to pass on tales of a legacy to be reclaimed? But surely her mother hadn't simply quit when times became difficult - to do that was to be a poor ruler, and the girl could not imagine her mother to be so weak. No - there had to be more to come, more to break the Queen, more to drive her into solitude.
"Please," she agreed, a request and an order all at once.
"Speak."
--Ansgar.--
She thought of the spirit-child at the Blood Falls, the one who'd claimed that her father had been the one to kill Psyche, the one who had wondered if they ought to be enemies as a result of their parents' deeds. Would it make any difference for her to consider the Dragon's Throat her enemy now, so long after the war had passed? Would it prove fruitful for her to declare vengeance, even privately, against those who had thwarted her mother's attempts to rebuild what once was? Was it better to just forget, to forgive, to move on to greener pastures?
She thought of Zèklè, her best friend, the one creature in Helovia who she could honestly say that she cared for. Sure, there had been Nymeria, and there was Erebos, and perhaps even Rikyn... but none of them matched Zero. What would it mean for their friendship if she hated his home, his family? What would happen if one day she acted upon her anger and came face-to-face with him in battle? Would he ever forgive her if she decided, upon hearing only one side of a generations-old story, to hate where he came from? And even if she wanted to, could she ever bring herself to do that to him?
With or without the Dragon's Throat interfering, Psyche had lost. Her plan had failed. Was this where it all ended for the DarkEmpress? Was this why she had been so lost through the first months of Själ's life? Was this what had driven her to wander from her home, to give up, to pass on tales of a legacy to be reclaimed? But surely her mother hadn't simply quit when times became difficult - to do that was to be a poor ruler, and the girl could not imagine her mother to be so weak. No - there had to be more to come, more to break the Queen, more to drive her into solitude.
"Please," she agreed, a request and an order all at once.
"Speak."
--Ansgar.--
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