the wheel has come full circle

ASHE question: how do you make a monster stop feeling so monsterous? you give her something she can hold in her palms without crushing, you give her something sweet and tell her to keep it.    Ashe was starting to get used to bizarre sights in Caido. This place was fantastical and strange and terrible and beautiful. Unicorns, dragons, gods, and beasts. Storms of magic and raw power, whole races that belonged in storybooks back in Northwind. All of this she had come to accept as apart of her world, no matter how unbelievable it seemed.    Except for seeing two Ronins out behind the Guildhall. That was a bit startling.    She was just adjusting her training bracers and walking out the door when Ronin breezed by her, making an effortless run through the obstacle course - better than anything they'd had in Northaven. "Evening crab-kicker," she greeted brightly, stepping out into the sunlight.    And then she saw Ronin sitting on a bench, far more strain in his posture than the Ronin that ran the training course. "Evening starboy," she said, and then stopped midstep. She blinked, looked at the one running the course. Back to him sitting on the bench. Back the Other-Ronin. Back to him.    "Uuum...." She took a breath, pressing her lips together with a frown. "I don't remember bringing two of you back." you wipe the blood from her hands you say her name, over and over like an absolution. you forgive her. you forgive her. you forgive.