Date: Unspecified
Time: Unspecified
Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Southern Region, Blossom District, Three Mischief Encampment
Looking at Corey's shattered state, I didn't know what to say. She'd waited so long to see her parents again—and when she finally did, it turned out they'd only been using her to spy on me.
I couldn't bring myself to judge them. I'd like to say I had no idea what could drive someone to do that—but I did. While they were breaking themselves on the borders for this nation, their city, their family, and their own daughter had been branded traitors of the five regions. Just thinking about it was enough to twist something in my chest.
In their place, I might have done the same. Because when your entire world collapses like that, people don't always choose what's right—they choose what feels like survival.
