«... had pushed away his old life, heart ensnared in hurt, bitterness and hopelessness. the events - his father's death, kaeya's confession, the knights' vile choice of action - had left him bereft, in shock. and such a pure, justice-seeking heart could not have accepted pretending nothing had happened to grasp at the fading tatters of the bright and ambitious life crepus had planned for his son.»

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