Kaisha spoke up as well. "My younger sister, Liang Bing, once betrayed justice too. She called herself Queen Morgana and led the Demons against me for tens of thousands of years. Sigh... that truly was a history too painful to look back on."
Kael clearly felt that she had found someone she could confide in. She invited Lan Hong and the others to sit, then began speaking of her sister Morgana and, along the way, her own past.
Kaisha, He Xi, Lan Hong, and Ge Xiaolun all listened intently.
"My twin sister Morgana and I were born during the turbulent years of the Rune War.
"Our mother, Mishila, climbed Mount of Giants to save her tribe. There, she was chosen as the vessel of the Righteous Star Spirit and received a longsword burning with the power of the sun."
"You and your sister are twins? Kaisha and Liang Bing aren't, so that's one difference."
"He Xi, don't interrupt someone while they're speaking."
"It's fine. This kind of conversation is quite nice too. I'll continue.
"Our father, Qilam, feared our mother's divinity and the threat posed by mages. He fled Mount of Giants with us in swaddling clothes and settled on the land that would later become Demacia."
"The threat posed by mages? Shouldn't Star Spirits be immensely powerful beings? Why would your father fear mages?"
"Becoming a Star Spirit comes at a price, and there is more than one Star Spirit. Those who believe in different Star Spirits will also come into conflict. That is human nature."
Lan Hong nodded in agreement.
"Indeed. Wherever there are people, there will be conflict. I suppose the price of becoming a Star Spirit is losing one's humanity."
Kael nodded.
"Losing your humanity? Then what about you?"
He Xi examined Kael again. She did