[Darkness] chuckled. "Perhaps, but only perhaps..."
She had originally thought letting her go back would be more in line with what the other woman wanted, but now she was no longer certain.
Strangely enough, back then, she had actually cared what an individual thought.
Perhaps it was her first time encountering a creature so optimistic, yet unwilling to harbor prejudice against calamities. After spending so long together, she had been influenced too.
That was why she had wanted to respect the other woman's wishes.
"If it were me now, I'd take her without hesitation. To hell with all that nonsense. What's mine is mine. Whatever comes afterward can wait."
Wind-Thunder silently grumbled to himself, So she was a control freak after all.
What the hell kind of story was this? I couldn't bear to see you fall into darkness, so I endured the pain and let you return to the light?
Wind-Thunder raised his arm and tapped his forehead with the back of his hand.
"No, don't think that. That's the wrong way to think about it. Ahem, what was her name?"
[Darkness] thought back. "She never told me her name, only a code name: Azure Dragon."
Wind-Thunder sucked in a breath. "Right, I understand. I'll ask the current Azure Dragon Division Chief when I get back. Perhaps I can find an answer."
Meanwhile, far away in the depths of the River of Forgetfulness in the End of the World, four figures were pushing their tiles back across an illusory mahjong table to start again.
A woman with her legs crossed looked smugly at the others.
"I won again. Well? What are we betting on next round?"
The other three rolled their eyes.
"Ping-jie, aren't you going to show any concern for your disciple? Your disciple Mo Yi has been