Oh, um, sure. [ Rem nods her head to the offer. She'll be needing it, with all the talking she's doing. At least it doesn't feel as if she's being grilled by a commander.
Still, this particular topic is not one she's exactly ready for. But if she can force herself through this... ]
You should know it wasn't the first time. When I say Class Zero was privileged among the soldiers, they truly were. When any of our Class fell, we had to carry their bodies back to a town. The first time it happened, I didn't understand why. I could hardly believe it, but the Archsorceress brought them back to life. It was a feat reserved only for Class Zero. She did this for all of us... until one day, she stopped.
[ And the timing couldn't have been more horrific. It happened as Tempus Finis commenced-- the end of the world.
She draws in a breath. No one knew it would happen. No one. Prophecy, her foot. "When nine and nine meet nine--" No. The year 999 was over a century a away! Why did the skies and seas turn red? Why did it hail meteors? Why were so many slaughtered by the Reavers? She didn't, and still doesn't understand... And she supposes she never will, now that she's here.
Her eyes shut tightly. ]
I was already dying anyway, though.... and then when I left to fight one last time, I was killed. And that-- that was it.
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Still, this particular topic is not one she's exactly ready for. But if she can force herself through this... ]
You should know it wasn't the first time. When I say Class Zero was privileged among the soldiers, they truly were. When any of our Class fell, we had to carry their bodies back to a town. The first time it happened, I didn't understand why. I could hardly believe it, but the Archsorceress brought them back to life. It was a feat reserved only for Class Zero. She did this for all of us... until one day, she stopped.
[ And the timing couldn't have been more horrific. It happened as Tempus Finis commenced-- the end of the world.
She draws in a breath. No one knew it would happen. No one. Prophecy, her foot. "When nine and nine meet nine--" No. The year 999 was over a century a away! Why did the skies and seas turn red? Why did it hail meteors? Why were so many slaughtered by the Reavers? She didn't, and still doesn't understand... And she supposes she never will, now that she's here.
Her eyes shut tightly. ]
I was already dying anyway, though.... and then when I left to fight one last time, I was killed. And that-- that was it.