[ At her question he can't help but bark out a bitter laugh. ]
Everything. I have lost everything. I saw the end of my star. I saw three-quarters of my people give their lives to my god and the rest torn to pieces by another who rose to strike them down. Nothing remains of what I once knew: not a single memory nor even fanciful story. My existence - my people's existence! - isn't even considered a myth; as far as the world is concerned, we never existed at all.
[ He shakes his head, nails digging into his palm until they draw blood. ]
Your empire may crumble now or in the near future but history will still speak of it in the decades to come. My people's legacy will die with me. I know it does because I spent the last few bells attempting to change my fate in the maze to no avail.
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Everything. I have lost everything. I saw the end of my star. I saw three-quarters of my people give their lives to my god and the rest torn to pieces by another who rose to strike them down. Nothing remains of what I once knew: not a single memory nor even fanciful story. My existence - my people's existence! - isn't even considered a myth; as far as the world is concerned, we never existed at all.
[ He shakes his head, nails digging into his palm until they draw blood. ]
Your empire may crumble now or in the near future but history will still speak of it in the decades to come. My people's legacy will die with me. I know it does because I spent the last few bells attempting to change my fate in the maze to no avail.