[ Akua asked, and she actually felt sad for the boy. Coming into Kenos like he had, it likely had been eye opening to the amount of power, and perhaps there had not been enough like him in his world to begin with. At least in Calernia, though there was nobody like the Warden, she had the benefit of people like the Black Knight to guide her to what was possible. Though they had clashed as much as he had guided her. ]
Magic? Or godhood?
[ Her head shook. ]
I am not the one who led the charge in my world. I was, in fact, a barrier for some time. A rival, to the person who made it happen. It was only... [ She lifted her hand out of the water, and watched the drips cascade back into the water, plop plop plop before she took it up again. ] Only after I was killed, and forced to reckon with my deeds, did I support them.
The person that did it was a Squire, and nameless for most of it. She was so small in comparison to the powers that be, but she refused to ever pull herself fully from the mud, like the soldiers she so often led.
[ She shook her head. ]
I do not mean to convince you, Link. I just hope that you understand that every world has its challenges, but defeating the cycle is something that can be done. I just wish I had been able to see the end of it, how it turned out. Whatever destroyed our worlds prevented me from doing so, but... I would hope that others could change their cycles to.
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[ Akua asked, and she actually felt sad for the boy. Coming into Kenos like he had, it likely had been eye opening to the amount of power, and perhaps there had not been enough like him in his world to begin with. At least in Calernia, though there was nobody like the Warden, she had the benefit of people like the Black Knight to guide her to what was possible. Though they had clashed as much as he had guided her. ]
Magic? Or godhood?
[ Her head shook. ]
I am not the one who led the charge in my world. I was, in fact, a barrier for some time. A rival, to the person who made it happen. It was only... [ She lifted her hand out of the water, and watched the drips cascade back into the water, plop plop plop before she took it up again. ] Only after I was killed, and forced to reckon with my deeds, did I support them.
The person that did it was a Squire, and nameless for most of it. She was so small in comparison to the powers that be, but she refused to ever pull herself fully from the mud, like the soldiers she so often led.
[ She shook her head. ]
I do not mean to convince you, Link. I just hope that you understand that every world has its challenges, but defeating the cycle is something that can be done. I just wish I had been able to see the end of it, how it turned out. Whatever destroyed our worlds prevented me from doing so, but... I would hope that others could change their cycles to.
[ A beat. ]
And this one.