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To wield true justice, she could not be blinded by her own sense of righteousness. She could not choose only the victims she wanted to avenge.

She opened her eyes and looked up at the Leviathan.

"So, you see now."

Its voice was a deep rumble, rich with amusement, with something almost like satisfaction.

Xerosis exhaled, a slow, steady breath.

"Yes," she said. "I see."

Xerosis turned around looking different than she did when she walked into this realm, as she took a step, her view changed and she was now back on the woods of the spirit world.

Now even more cautious she continued to walk with no direction in mind until a similar sensation came over her. 

Xerosis took a step forward, and the sensation gripped her again—that strange, insidious pull of emotion.

She had felt it before. The gnawing hunger. The all-consuming greed. But now, something different took root in her chest.