KAEL SHADOWBORN
Wren's words don't leave the room after she says them. It’s like they're imprinted on everybody’s consciousness. They just sit there heavily, while everyone tries to figure out what to do with them.
I send for Mira within the hour because if anyone understands what "like she doesn’t have a soul" actually means, it's her.
"It's possible," she says, once Aria explains what happened. "The method they use, the one that made Nyx believe she was created instead of born only works if the subject believes the lie completely, no cracks or doubts. If Nyx is reaching outward, even without meaning to, even in her sleep, some part of her doesn't believe it anymore." Mira looks at Aria. "Something in her is fighting. Whether she knows it or not."
That's good news wrapped around bad n
