>>5489312Underneath a tree she lied, thinking about all the steps of the journey out of the underworld, the experiences she had, the people she met, and the reasoning behind her every action.
She feels.. somewhat fulfilled. A certain bitter and sweetness to her journey. A finality to it all. She could probably go to more places if she had more time, or if she wanted to, or check up on all the people she met, but she did not need to. Just doing merely these have given her enough happiness.
A flutter of crackling wings denotes the presence of a Warden approaching her.
Xil has been located and will be brought back for punishment. Trying to fight will be meaningless as it will only prolong the result for a couple hours.
It took four days in total before she got found. Not bad at all.
【I am surprised.】
【I’d expect you to be in that city as opposed to overlooking it.】
Ah. Warden Phrai. She’s the Warden that Xil worked under.A single disobedient contractor made you come all this way?
【I found it curious. That is all.】
【For someone who seeks an escape from work in the 6th sector, you’re doing things that isn’t exactly optimal.】
【Competitors in the Great Sorrow sector said that you spent time helping another racer despite having another racer in the race makes it more difficult to win.】
【Rather than killing and sending that frail man in the Kodachi for his fragment, you decided to negotiate and spend time to get it from him willingly.】
You knew about that?
【A lot of people lie. Their memories don’t. You don’t need to worry about those serpents.】
【You could’ve taken Fhang’s fragment at the fields of lotus flowers to accelerate the process of leaving the underworld.】
【You took the time to help a birdman fix up a vehicle and revealed your horse’s ability of time manipulation, making you easier to track down.】
【All of this.. you could have taken a faster path and possibly evaded me for longer.】
【Why did you not do that?】
>>They deserved to be helped.Fhang helped other people for no gain for himself. When time came, no one was there to help him. That’s why I stepped in.
The man in the Kodachi ship did not pose a threat to me — I used as little force as I needed to.
I offered to help the birdman because I am able to.
>>I don’t know.You are right. Those are more time efficient methods to achieve my goals. I suppose I could’ve thought through all of my actions.
I chose to take those actions because.. I had a feeling that I should do it.
>>I did it for me.Fhang was useful. His skills with that flute allowed me to retrieve a fragment and led to me another one.
I could easily kill that frail man but that could alert those tendrils.
The birdman worked faster with my assistance.
Everything I did, I did it because for my own goals.
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