Volume VI - Chapter 87: Silent Insidious Plans

When I heard about the last thing that happened from the spirits... I don't know why, but I didn't feel relieved or disappointed.

It actually made things easier for me. The Aroniel's acceptance that Alith was 'Alith' was the best possible outcome.

Yet... even though I couldn't see them... what I had heard had caused something completely different to arise in me.

Satisfaction? No.

Sadness? No...

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I wasn't sure.

I took a deep breath, leaned back. I closed my eyes, deliberately slowed my breathing, and focused.

What should I have felt?

If there was no Absolute Mind, if I was not a wiera, if I was a 'human being' who had actually made it this far... what would be the feeling that would arise in me?

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