[ She said, and it contains multitudes. Pity, frustration, understanding. It's baked with enough layers that it could have been a three-tiered cake. Akua understands that, after all. Her memories drift, to Yara of Nowhere's grin. I win, or I win, or I win. How is it, that even though she has now come to a different world altogether, that she even now feels the specter of the Wandering Bard's potential victory over her head? That even now she felt like Yara had gotten the upper hand, when she had tried so hard to find a way to circumvent it?
The Regent felt like an old foe, with a new face. ]
Not if people don't try, certainly. I suppose I just... see it differently. We should be given the opportunity to choose to be better, shouldn't we? Even if it's too late, even if we've already made that dire mistake.
[ You know, like killing an entire city of people to force them to be her own zombie fighting force. Small things. ]
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[ She said, and it contains multitudes. Pity, frustration, understanding. It's baked with enough layers that it could have been a three-tiered cake. Akua understands that, after all. Her memories drift, to Yara of Nowhere's grin. I win, or I win, or I win. How is it, that even though she has now come to a different world altogether, that she even now feels the specter of the Wandering Bard's potential victory over her head? That even now she felt like Yara had gotten the upper hand, when she had tried so hard to find a way to circumvent it?
The Regent felt like an old foe, with a new face. ]
Not if people don't try, certainly. I suppose I just... see it differently. We should be given the opportunity to choose to be better, shouldn't we? Even if it's too late, even if we've already made that dire mistake.
[ You know, like killing an entire city of people to force them to be her own zombie fighting force. Small things. ]