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''That may be, Lord, but you are an Immortal. Such a life will bring you another that may lift your heart...''

Adelaide's smile has long faded as she holds the words, and they remain unspoken. For another person, at another time, they might be words of comfort. Here, she knows they are lies. Love does not come easily to the long-lived, and saccharine speech would be beneath both of them. The Mamono part of her wants to reach out, to comfort in any way she might, to ease both him and the own pangs that stab her heart. It is an urge she has to struggle against.

Like Armata, she too holds her thoughts. But not all.

"We suffer the lessons of our lot, in the hopes that what is beyond our control may become future kindnesses.  It is not a punishment, Lord De'Sange.  Deidre's fate was not because of you.  She was not a puppet, nor was she blind to the things that surrounded her.  She remained with you because she was genuine in all things."