But then came the acceptance and curiosity for his new world. He ventured out, finally allowing himself to fully experience the new world he now inhabited. That curiosity and the loss of population brought by the war, however, unraveled into a path of excess. He began to over-indulge, a philosophy that trickled down to his people, infecting them with the same unchecked desires. It was this indulgence that birthed their cursed state and precipitated the slow, agonizing decline of his kingdom.
He had lived for years in the shadow of that regret, blaming his indulgence for their ruin. Yet, as he watched the tree sprout before him, the realization hit him "Desire is not the problem. Weakness is."
"Lust destroys, not because of the desire itself, but because of a lack of control. Envy corrupts, not because of the longing, but because of an absence of self-definition."
