Nyrissa raises her head and looks up at you astonished, as if she's seeing you for the first time. She presses

Nyrissa raises her head and looks up at you astonished, as if she's seeing you for the first time. She presses her hand to her heart and freezes, like she's trying to hear it beat. Tears rolling silently from her eyes. "What is it... why does it hurt so much, why... to remember... to understand... I see it — the pestilence that devoured my beautiful dominion, my dear sisters, friends, neighbors... and all the thousands of creatures it touched. Was it a plague? Poison? No, no... it was me."