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After spending several months escaping from herself, Eilistraee finally awoke. Only after the Dark Maiden received confirmation that she truly was loved and needed did she choose to wake from the illusion she had created for herself.
In truth, there had been nothing wrong with Eilistraee's judgment. Aaron really had treated her as a tool, a shield, and a legitimate pretext for starting a war.
Could he simply discard her once he was done?
Aaron had entertained that malicious thought. He and Eilistraee had been using each other all along. He used her status and the excuse she provided to intervene in the war legitimately, while she used his chaotic nature, grand strategy, and formidable combat prowess.
Yet no one had expected Corellon to abandon Eilistraee at the very end. Not only had he failed to praise his daughter's contributions, he had actually condemned her for killing her brother and forcing her mother's hand, then banished her from the Elven Pantheon.
She really was pitiful.
That left Aaron with no choice but to shoulder the responsibility. As the instigator of everything that had happened, he had both the obligation and the ability to take in this sorrow-stricken goddess. He was no saint, but he still had a bottom line. There were some things he would not do.
Mama Selûne wholeheartedly agreed.
In the end, Eilistraee had received a reasonably good ending. She had already concluded that Aaron liked her and was deeply infatuated with her. So when he appeared, the Dark Maiden once again felt needed, and her divine life regained its meaning and hope.
This thirty-thousand-year-old girl had always lived on dreams and the hope of salvation through others.
But the moment Eilistraee awoke, she sensed that something was wrong.
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