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“Ah. I’ve found rumors have much in common with feathers. It’s rare that either holds much weight.”
“Sometimes you need to try to believe in something bigger than yourself, Magnus. Something you can’t see or touch. To allow your heart to have faith no matter what. It’s what will give you strength in troubled times.”
Even paradise could become a prison if one had enough time to take notice of the walls.
“You’re the same as you were yesterday and the day before,” she’d soothed. “Nothing has changed. Not really. Forget what troubles you. Regret nothing, but learn from any mistakes you make. Tomorrow will be a brighter day, I promise.”
That which one fears, one typically won’t embrace with open arms.
Watchers, as you may have heard in the old legends, were the protectors of the Kindred, four crystals that held the truest, purest essence of elementia. Obsidian for earth, amber for fire, aquamarine for water, and moonstone for air.
Even in the darkest and most cruel person, there is still a kernel of good. And within the most perfect champion, there is also darkness. The question is, will one give in to the dark or the light? It’s something we decide with every choice we make, every day that we exist. What might not be evil to you could be evil to someone else. Knowing this makes us powerful even without magic.”
Then his heart, now broken into a thousand pieces, slowly began to turn to ice.
Love is stronger than anger. Love is stronger than hate—stronger than anything. Remember that.”
“Sometimes you don’t realize how strong you are until you’re tested.
sometimes that small glimmer of inner strength is all that we have to help us press forward through the darkness.”
“It’s only a shallow wound. You’ll recover just fine.” He lied. Leo would not live to see the next sunrise.
An eleven year old of all people :(
“C-can you do me a favor, Jonas?” “Anything.” “Tell my mother I love her. And that I did this for her.” Jonas blinked hard. “I promise.” The boy smiled, but then the expression faded away and his eyes glazed over.
:'(
“If you were anyone but my brother, I would let you die. But no matter how many men you kill, no matter how much of an ass you insist on being, no matter how much you despise me—I still love you. You hear me?”
“I’ll be strong,” she whispered. “I’ll be strong for you. For Emilia. For Theon. For Auranos. I swear, I’ll make them pay for what they’ve done.”
So much death. So many tears :(
He had to continue to keep watch over her. He had to find the right time to communicate with her. And, very soon, he would have to find a way to kill her.
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