"There was never going to be another way, Ardbert. Even if you clawed your way back... Even if you were restored to your body... You would have been unable to contain a single Lightwarden's aether." Era stares down at her hands now. "My soul was seven times stronger than yours and Blessed six times over. It would always have fallen upon me."
She has thought about what could have been far more often than she rightly should. Perhaps there could have been another way, but even in hindsight she cannot see one.
"You saw what a single Lightwarden of a single shard could do. Imagine one with the strength of all five combined, and then times it by seven... Then add the ability to travel between worlds."
It would have been the end of life as any of them knew it.
"You had no choice but to give your existence to me. I was too weak to contain the Light on my own, and Forgiven Hope would have destroyed all our worlds."
just blanket cw forever bc these two are idiots
She has thought about what could have been far more often than she rightly should. Perhaps there could have been another way, but even in hindsight she cannot see one.
"You saw what a single Lightwarden of a single shard could do. Imagine one with the strength of all five combined, and then times it by seven... Then add the ability to travel between worlds."
It would have been the end of life as any of them knew it.
"You had no choice but to give your existence to me. I was too weak to contain the Light on my own, and Forgiven Hope would have destroyed all our worlds."