"I can't stop you from falling," I said, "but I could stand in your place. I can't… let men like this to win, no matter the cost."
The words hung in the air between us, and the phantom of the Jade Oracle went still; even the silver fire in my hands seemed to pause, as if the world itself was waiting for her response.
The Jade Oracle is quiet for long enough that I think the phantom has faded, then her voice returns, and there was a note of seriousness in it that had not appeared before.
"You would do that? You would take my place?"
I shrugged, "In my own way, I have been doing this for a while now, and I cannot let all my efforts go to waste. What is one more sacrifice?"
She laughed, and I don't think it was a mocking laugh. "You are a fool… but is that not the nature of miracles, to do the things that no one else could. Tell me, Miracle, what can I call you?"
I cocked my head to the side, "Are you not able to tell?"
