[Death and destruction was not new to Jade. You don't live in a country ravaged by three decades of civil war and not get used to the stench of blood and charred meat. Regardless, it still makes her stomach turn once she's finally hauled out of hiding from one of the buildings. A coward's move for sure, but she was never particularly strong or brave. And what else was she supposed to do? Just start stabbing indiscriminately without knowing who her enemy even was?
[Even now, the answer isn't so cut and dry. Leaders are dead in a system that has nothing to do with her, as are civilians that she had no attachment to. People need help, but she feels useless, pathetic. Weak.
[What more, she needs her damn magic. To do that, she'll need to "harmonize" -- but that'll require making a solid decision. Though Jade had already confirmed that she would in no uncertain terms never ally herself with Zenith, she's still feeling a little out of her depth here.]
Blazes.
[It's all she says in one long, drawn-out breath as Jade's wandering footfalls draw to a halt in front of some looted buildings, the burnt smell of smoke from an extinguished fire lingering.]
What a damn mess.
[And still at a loss of what she can even do for these people -- she doesn't even know them, and they don't know her.]
Wildcard.
[Even now, the answer isn't so cut and dry. Leaders are dead in a system that has nothing to do with her, as are civilians that she had no attachment to. People need help, but she feels useless, pathetic. Weak.
[What more, she needs her damn magic. To do that, she'll need to "harmonize" -- but that'll require making a solid decision. Though Jade had already confirmed that she would in no uncertain terms never ally herself with Zenith, she's still feeling a little out of her depth here.]
Blazes.
[It's all she says in one long, drawn-out breath as Jade's wandering footfalls draw to a halt in front of some looted buildings, the burnt smell of smoke from an extinguished fire lingering.]
What a damn mess.
[And still at a loss of what she can even do for these people -- she doesn't even know them, and they don't know her.]