After Rex left, I apologized to Kael."About what I said...""I know you just wanted him to leave."Kael wasn't upset."This time, I was willing to go along with it."But next time, give me a heads-up."He paused for a moment."Not because I mind being used."But because whatever you have to face, I want to be ready to face it with you."A few days later, Rex came to my cabin again.Unlike his first visit, when he had arrived full of urgency and begged me to return, this time he stood quietly outside until I allowed him in.He placed a memory crystal on the table.The crystal contained a record of everything that had happened in the past year.The Moon Spirit Pool, cleaned and restored.The Moon Spirit Stone, repaired.Multiple Gamma guards rotating day and night.The sealed drainage tunnel.And every old order that had favored Lilia, revoked.He also brought back my parents' portrait, the one that had been torn apart.It had been carefully restored.The cracks were still there, but my
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