[ But they both know it gets worse. Isn't that the way it goes for Wardens?
A lie doesn't come after. There's quiet for a time. A pair of wisps zip past Ellis, circle Adrasteia's head and continues on past them, uninterested. The distant wink of the mirror at the far end of the passage is a relief. Every time he enters the Crossroads, he considers the possibility that leaving this place won't be as easy as promised. ]
We can still do our duty. Whatever that looks like now.
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[ But they both know it gets worse. Isn't that the way it goes for Wardens?
A lie doesn't come after. There's quiet for a time. A pair of wisps zip past Ellis, circle Adrasteia's head and continues on past them, uninterested. The distant wink of the mirror at the far end of the passage is a relief. Every time he enters the Crossroads, he considers the possibility that leaving this place won't be as easy as promised. ]
We can still do our duty. Whatever that looks like now.