"You know, I always wondered, but never asked any of the other Vessels, how it was for you to awaken?" Lilith suddenly said as they were walking together through the ash valley that seemed to have no end. And no living being outside the wild boars.
Aether's eyes widened at his question; it had been a long time since he awakened, eight whole years, and yet he could still feel most of his emotions.
"Well, at that moment, there was a lot on my mind. I was happy that I awakened; I truly was... but it was overpowered by the feeling of helplessness that I was feeling at that moment. I was panicking, and yet frozen."
That day was the first time he had ever taken a human life... it took a toll on his mind, after all; just thinking that a probably happy family had lost someone important destroyed him, thinking of his loved ones waiting for him to get home only for him not to come... it was a lot.
But then the whole announcement of his death came.
...
