Broken by One, Desired by All
Boom.
The ground was being erased beneath me, reality itself crumbling, the world I knew dissolving into chaos.
"I don't rely on love because I'm weak!" I screamed, dodging a meteor that sent a spray of molten shadow over my shoulder, singeing my skin and filling my nostrils with the smell of burning flesh. The words came from somewhere deep inside me, a truth I'd only just discovered, a revelation born of pain and clarity. "I rely on it because it's the only thing that can't be corrupted! It's the only thing stronger than this darkness! It's what makes us human, what makes us worth saving!"