Marked by the Mafia Boss [BL]
Did you feel remorse?
Instead, she typed the question that had haunted her research: "Was it a conquest, or a cultivation?"
The cursor blinked for a long moment. Then, words formed on the screen, in the same stark font.
"The two verbs are not in opposition. To cultivate a wilderness, one must first conquer the need to control it. The victory was in the surrender of the title 'conqueror.' The legacy is the untamed growth you now study. There is no answer in the archive. The answer is outside your window."