Midnight's eyes narrowed as she laughed. She was actually delighted that her reincarnation had turned out like this... what a piece of work.
Edna did not laugh. She asked very seriously, "You know that you and Black Eye are different, right?
"She still has the slightest chance of having a future, but you no longer can.
"Once the battlefield in this soul ends, as the consciousness of a past life, you will completely merge into me... Midnight will cease to exist."
"Who cares?" Midnight said coldly. "I'm not interested in arguing with you, so why are you still hung up on this?"
Edna shook her head. "I can feel the despair in your heart... but it isn't for a future you've already given up on. It's the sorrow of no longer being pure yourself, and... your reluctance and regret over your former soulmate."
"In your heart, I, with a fragment of Black Eye's soul inside me, am no longer the real you... No matter how many reasons you give or how much hatred you hold, this is the true reason you have no intention of appearing again.
"If you simply couldn't bear the fact that you were controlled by someone else, you wouldn't have caused so much trouble back then.
"In your heart, using Edna's soul to find Kelemvor would be an insult to the feelings between the two of you... Whether Kelemvor accepted you or not, you would suffer.
"Only because that soul isn't entirely your own.
"So compared to that old bastard who manipulated fate, you hate Black Eye even more.
"I really don't understand how you think.
"Although this is certainly a good thing for me, I can't understand it... How could I make such a stupid decision?
"You and Kelemvor weren't each other's damn first loves!