Another voice shouts in protest, and Addi keeps up so fluidly Niko is able to follow the conversation. “So our lot is to suffer as slaves and victims for eternity?” “I am proof that there are ways around the curse,” Ayana replies. “Our people are due a reawakening. We will reclaim our dignity and our homeland, but we must honor the sacrifice our forebears made. We cannot let centuries of suffering be for naught, and I for one will not sit idly by while the enemy destroys the world and robs us of the chance to recover who we once were. I will fight. I have already been fighting.” She points at
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