[She listens intently as Keith explains... she's honestly glad that Krolia did care about him and his father. Doubting that must have hurt him so badly... But then he turns it back to her...]
Yes... [Her gaze turns to her tightly held teacup.] Coran told you all the story leading up to it, of course. At the time, Zarkon's army was decimating ours, and with his bond with the Black Lion, fending him off even four against one would have been a great risk... [And perhaps there was some lingering remorse for his friend, the Black to his Red for centuries.] I begged him to stand and fight, but he decided scattering and saving the Lions was the best course of action for the universe... even if it meant great sacrifice.
[A deep breath as her eyes and throat begin to tighten again...] Of course I argued... in the end, he had to knock me out. And he sent Coran with me to make sure I wasn't alone... Mother had already... [Died, one of the Altea's first casualties, or Alfor would have tried to save her too...] And... well, you know the rest.
[Alfor and the other paladins died to hold Zarkon off, buy the Castle and the scattering Lions slim but crucial time... and when they fell, so did the rest of Altea, down to the planet and all its neighbors. Alfor's AI had told her she had been right to want to take a stand, but then that jaunt to the other reality... was that failure the only difference between becoming a monster herself?]
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[She listens intently as Keith explains... she's honestly glad that Krolia did care about him and his father. Doubting that must have hurt him so badly... But then he turns it back to her...]
Yes... [Her gaze turns to her tightly held teacup.] Coran told you all the story leading up to it, of course. At the time, Zarkon's army was decimating ours, and with his bond with the Black Lion, fending him off even four against one would have been a great risk... [And perhaps there was some lingering remorse for his friend, the Black to his Red for centuries.] I begged him to stand and fight, but he decided scattering and saving the Lions was the best course of action for the universe... even if it meant great sacrifice.
[A deep breath as her eyes and throat begin to tighten again...] Of course I argued... in the end, he had to knock me out. And he sent Coran with me to make sure I wasn't alone... Mother had already... [Died, one of the Altea's first casualties, or Alfor would have tried to save her too...] And... well, you know the rest.
[Alfor and the other paladins died to hold Zarkon off, buy the Castle and the scattering Lions slim but crucial time... and when they fell, so did the rest of Altea, down to the planet and all its neighbors. Alfor's AI had told her she had been right to want to take a stand, but then that jaunt to the other reality... was that failure the only difference between becoming a monster herself?]