Bonus Scene: Yuri’s Journal — Entry After the Memory Vial

[Private Entry | Codename: "Iron Silence"]

Location: War Chamber, post-potion exposure

I saw the truth.

Not the one Kai shows us. Not the one we cling to in the middle of this madness like a rope made of lies.

I saw his real beginning.

And gods help me… I understand him more now.

Which is worse.

It wasn't rage. It wasn't cold-hearted slaughter. It wasn't even a decision.

It was sacrifice. Real and raw and so terrifying I wanted to vomit the memory back out of me.

Kai gave up his own peace to keep mine.

He bled for me before I ever earned it. Before I ever knew how to hold a blade or speak a truth.

And now?

Now he kneels in front of us like we're gods and executioners both.

What do I do with that?

Do I forgive him?

Do I kill him?

Do I love him?

All three answers scare me more than death.

Astra would laugh if she read this.

Liora would weaponize it.

Seris… Seris would pretend it didn't shake her, but it would.

None of them have Kai the way I do. They each got a piece.

But I got the boy before he broke.

And that means I also got the part of him that still believes we might be better than this.

That we might choose him… and not the knife.

I'm not ready to forgive.

But I'm not ready to walk away either.

So I'll stay.

I'll stay and watch. I'll stay and guard. I'll stay and wait.

And if the others turn on him…

I'll be the one who kills them first.

[End of Entry | Auto-lock Engaged – Soul Sigil: Yuri Volari]

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