AMALiA
Disbelief and doubt: there is no way this is happening, no way Mort would allow such an act. It makes no sense, and the girl continues to shake her head, her knuckles growing white as they flex around the luxere staff. Continuing the walk because she does not know what else to do, Amalia does not look at the woman as her explanation fills the space, making a terrible amount of sense. War involves murder-But Amalia has never known war.
Not until the Outlanders came.
"Mort made the barrier." Were anyone to protest this idea, it seems it would be the loving god of death. "To save us. To avoid more death. This can't be what he wants." Do Ascendeds even have souls? She doesn't know, and she isn't sure she wants to. Sam. Wessex. These
"Besides, even if you tried to do this... people would stop you. They wouldn't allow it. I can't allow it, not without hearing from Mort or Vi."
the darkest nights produce the brightest stars
