Nephis inhaled deeply and then turned away from the ruins of the Spire she had destroyed. Her lips curved into a bittersweet smile.
"It might not look like it from the outside, considering how glorious and exalted the image of Changing Star, the last daughter of the Immortal Flame, is. But what led me here was not a string of triumphant victories. Rather, to me, it seems like the story of my life is a story of being defeated over and over again, losing everything over and over again, not knowing how to give up. So, if I do have one virtue, that virtue is perseverance… not valor."
She sighed and gazed upon the desolate expanse of the Forgotten Shore with a distant look in her eyes.
