Aesa was ready to show mercy to these... phantoms... once more. She knew that what she had done in the past was the best choice she could make at that moment, even if it was far from perfect.
After all, she was not a perfect person. She had spent so long trying to distance herself from the emotions that constantly dragged her into sadness.
She had forced herself to become cold and detached because she believed that suppressing those feelings would make the pain easier to bear.
Now she understood that it had only been another form of escape.
She could not force herself to stop feeling. She could not erase her emotions or bury the memories that followed her wherever she went.
Her feelings, emotions, and memories would continue to haunt her for the rest of her life, and Aesa finally accepted that.
She could not change what had already happened. She could not bring her kingdom back or undo the choices she had made when there was no other path left.
