Was My Life Ever Mine?
The ground beneath her felt strangely cold.
She could remember so many things.
People she had helped.
People she had failed.
Battles she had fought.
Moments when she had felt fear and pushed through it anyway.
Moments when someone had smiled because she had arrived.
Had those smiles been the reason she fought?
Or had she been made to value them?
The difference seemed impossibly small.
And yet it changed everything.
Videl swallowed.
She didn't cry.
Somehow, that would have been easier.
Instead, she simply sat there with her thoughts tearing through everything she had believed about herself.
Niklaus didn't interrupt her.
He understood that there were some wounds that could not be healed by words.
Even the two weapon spirits remained quiet.
