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[ Some of this is very familiar to Sunrise, even if it doesn't map perfectly to her own experiences and feelings. It is worryingly easy to let this anger fuel her, because in the depths of her soul lies a righteous fury that wants to burn and consume.

(This is the man who killed this girl. He will not face justice except by your hand. Some atrocities must never, ever be condoned.

Unforgivable. Unforgivable. Unforgivable.)

She casts Phanta Rei on the King (18, 13) for maximum damage. She has the SP to spare and she would like him eat shit and die, thank you. ]

[This is what it all comes down to, isn't it? Humans inevitably hurt each other and cause suffering. Here, back in Ephinea, it's all the same no matter where you go. Human nature will not change-- cannot be changed. And that's exactly why...

The Tiger's Prowl (14, 3) that he lashes out at Thordan with is just a small taste of the suffering he's felt, and he plans to pay it all back in spades. It's only fair. It's only right. Everyone should be able to understand just how he feels, just how much suffering has been wrought upon him in the name of individual selfish desires.]

[Together, the three of them are able to put an end to King Thordan. He drops to a knee like the knights before him, looking up at the three of you with a look akin to horror.]

Who - what are you?

[He doesn't get an answer, instead vanishing in a flash of light. Silence follows, only broken by a familiar-yet-unfamiliar voice. It sounds like those you cherish, while never sounding exactly like one person.]

Will you kill those that have wronged you, or can you stay your hand?

[Do you answer truthfully?]

[It's almost anticlimactic how easily he goes down, considering how much trouble they were having with all those knights. There's a brief feeling of accomplishment at having bested this foe, but not much more than that -- even if it had felt personal in the heat of the moment, it ultimately wasn't, not really.

But he's not given much time to contemplate this further when that voice rings out with that question, sounding of both those who are still alive, and those who aren't. And maybe the answer should be simple, but it is true that with time, he's had more time to reflect on the nuances.

Even so, there's no point overcomplicating it -- if it's anything like Kirumi's palace, this is just so the owner of this place can hear their honest opinions.]

If it's 'cause they screwed over my friends or my city, then yeah, I would. Some bastards won't stop until you put 'em down, and if no one else is gonna avenge them, then I will.

Edited 2024-10-14 21:31 (UTC)

[ For a long moment, Sunrise stares at the spot where the King previously was, coming down from how tense she felt from the earlier anger.

It also takes her a long moment to answer, because even if she's asked for her honest opinion about this, it is also honestly complicated for her. She hadn't until relatively recently even begun to conceive the notion that she had ever been wronged. The only wrongs she understands are the ones she's witnessed being done to others. ]

I...Did not think I had been wronged until people told me the things that have happened to me were. I only know that seeing other people be wronged makes me angry.

But that is why I would not kill who have wronged me. Because I would have to kill people who are frightened by me and someone who has hurt me because she was hurt herself. ...I am tied to her as well, so it would be the same as killing myself.

[The voice does not respond. The world around you slowly begins to fade to white. When you blink, you suddenly find yourselves back in front of the stained glass window, though now it is broken. There are zero remaining.

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FOR THOSE WE HAVE LOST | FRAY'S PALACE

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