[h2][center][color=crimson]Lorelai[/color][/center][/h2]
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[color=crimson]"No, you have nothing to apologize for, and you are the hero I admire!"[/color] Lorelai responded as she mounted her war beast with the ease of practice. Said beast could only rolls its predatory eyes and hope this would not be the topic of conversation for very long, even if it too could respect Eleonor as the apex predator of their motley group. [color=crimson]"You've made mistakes, but who can say you've run away? Lady Fei may not have known her mother as well as either would like, but thanks to the efforts of you and the whole Imperium, countless more sons and daughters can know the love of their parents. For now the pain may feel raw and regret lingers in your heart, but it is because of your 'mistakes' that Lady Fei has the ability to live the life she wants."[/color]

The Abyssal Knight lead the way out of the stables with Durgan moving at a sedate pace so as not to lose the horses. Her gaze turned from Solanne and Eleonor, skyward and distant as her fists curled within the war beasts mane. [color=crimson]People forget so easily. They forget why we fight for the things we do, and stand for the beliefs we cherish. They forget that their freedom isn't free, and that we bled for their rights, even if they use it to harm us. Seditio, rebellion, guilt and self-loathing. Call it what you may, but it's because they have forgotten why we make the sacrifices that they rally against us.[/color]

[color=crimson]"Time, gold, blood, and love. We give it all up so someone else can enjoy these simple things that make life wonderful."[/color] Her tome was made to manifest itself, and within Lorelai's hand was an Imperial standard. The flag was tarnished with dirt and specks of dried blood, the edges frayed with time and abuse, but she still carried it proudly in the air. [color=crimson]"I don't believe the mistakes we made outdo the good we have, and if I need to bath myself in river's of spilt blood to excise the blight upon our world, I will. Because you did it for Lady Fei, and now I will for you..."[/color]

Resolute words turned to silence as Lorelai rode onwards, following the road to the relic which would bring them one step closer to striking at the corruption which plagued there shattered world.