Leriana had already seen her world succumb to darkness. That's why she created her own dimension, one full of life, light, and color, to forget the darkness and so her people could live in light. But she knew that what Cassiel said was true; no matter how much she ran, there would come a time when darkness would catch up to her. But she was afraid, afraid of seeing everything she had and loved turned to ash. "Can you assure me that we will win?" "I can't assure you of that; this is a gamble you must take." "You're not giving me much hope." "You don't lie, and I don't want to either; I don't want you to make a decision based on my lies." "This is not something I can decide now." Fay told her, "Pardon my bluntness, Your Majesty, but I don't think we have much

