This Trial was testing her emotions! That was the only conclusion Aesa could draw from everything that had happened so far.
She was not someone who easily became overwhelmed by sadness or anger. Her heart had always been cold and calm, much like the element she wielded.
She had learned to suppress her feelings so thoroughly that even the most terrible situations rarely managed to disturb her composure.
That change had begun after the disaster that had destroyed her kingdom.
She had lost her husband along with countless others she had known. In the end, she had been forced to kill them herself to free them from their suffering.
It was an experience that had left wounds deeper than anything physical, and afterward, Aesa had deliberately made herself colder and more detached.
She had wanted to become that way.
She believed that if she could distance herself from her emotions, she would never again become overwhelmed by them.
