Nothing had really changed. Liam still didn't understand life among humans. His problems were the same as always. Actually, deciding to join the non-Sect mission had just added new ones.
However, something was definitely different, and the change even felt quite revolutionary. Liam experienced it clearly while he waited for the Alchemy Elder to return to the balcony.
Something in Liam's very being had shifted, as if light had started to shine in the dark room that was his mind. The place was still complicated in ways that he lacked the ability to sort out, but that new illumination completely reversed his perspective.
After the talk with the two Uncles, Liam had unburdened himself of his guilt, but that had merely led to sad emptiness.
Instead, Liam now felt the active resolve to live how he desired, even if he still couldn't comprehend what that entailed. He simply knew that he wanted things and wouldn't push them away out of some internal conflict.
