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He has given her the opportunity to speak plain, to offer him the truth or an explanation at the very least. But Safrin chooses, as always, the low road, and Vi's disappointment in her causes the stars - all of them, every single one - to wink out around them all at once. An illusion of course (or is it), Remi will doubtlessly feel how cold the world has become as life quite literally holds its breath.When the world begins moving again, Vi watches his herald not with fury, but with shame. "I did not ask about Ludo. I did not ask about his demigod. I did not ask what the effect was, or whose light it was that you removed. I asked you what he did to merit removing his abilities on the verge of LongNight, when we are unable to intervene."
That, however, seems not to be an answer he requires any longer. "You will restore balance." It is not a request. "You will not be so fickle again, lest you wish for your own light to blink out. Are we clear?"
