Astrid, unable to bear the guilt of their actions, born from their own insidious feelings of inadequacy—looked away from her sister, and chose the world. She owed it that much.
"And so be it," declared Naekini, amused. "The world accepts your repentance. However—for the sin of betraying your own kin, never again will you behold the world you cherished."
With her left hand, Naekini scorched Astrid's eyes to dust.
Iri fell to her knees, sobbing, realizing too late the true purpose of Naekini's journey: to cause a rift between the sisters.
That was no betrayal, she insisted. That was no choice at all. It was all a lie. A dream. A nightmare. Self-inflicted deception? Hah, what a joke. This was real deception.
Everything was perfect before Naekini invaded their home. Why'd she do it?—Iri beseeched the God of Discord. Why couldn't things go back to how they were before?
So what if their hearts were empty? They'd had each other, and that was everything. Because they'd had everything, they could give others the excess. The commonfolk could take the excess.
Because that's all their beautiful, ruined land was.
"And so be it." Naekini smiled. And with her right hand, she tore out Iri's heart. After crushing the juices, the God of Discord commanded the blind savior of the world to drink.
1/2, cw passing mentions of eye scorching and extracting hearts
Astrid, unable to bear the guilt of their actions, born from their own insidious feelings of inadequacy—looked away from her sister, and chose the world. She owed it that much.
"And so be it," declared Naekini, amused. "The world accepts your repentance. However—for the sin of betraying your own kin, never again will you behold the world you cherished."
With her left hand, Naekini scorched Astrid's eyes to dust.
Iri fell to her knees, sobbing, realizing too late the true purpose of Naekini's journey: to cause a rift between the sisters.
That was no betrayal, she insisted. That was no choice at all. It was all a lie. A dream. A nightmare. Self-inflicted deception? Hah, what a joke. This was real deception.
Everything was perfect before Naekini invaded their home. Why'd she do it?—Iri beseeched the God of Discord. Why couldn't things go back to how they were before?
So what if their hearts were empty? They'd had each other, and that was everything. Because they'd had everything, they could give others the excess. The commonfolk could take the excess.
Because that's all their beautiful, ruined land was.
"And so be it." Naekini smiled. And with her right hand, she tore out Iri's heart. After crushing the juices, the God of Discord commanded the blind savior of the world to drink.