"There was a time when I used to ask myself the same question. What had I and my Thousandbreaths ever done to

"There was a time when I used to ask myself the same question. What had I and my Thousandbreaths ever done to them?... Why had I to endure this...." The nymph interrupts herself. "You're wrong to think that your problems began with you. The Everblooming Flower was created long before your barony was founded. I prepared my weapon long in advance, having no idea what I would turn it against. Everything has a price. Thousands of lives must be turned to dust for a single act of forgiveness."