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Lying in bed with her hands folded over her stomach, Desa stared up at the stone roof. A long day with much to think about. She still hadn’t sorted out how she felt about everything she had seen. Sebastian. Somehow, knowing that he might have become a good man made her happy even as it stoked her guilt.
She wasn’t sure, but she suspected that Mercy’s visions had changed her outlook on a great many things. Perhaps the world was not full of greedy, selfish people looking for any excuse to betray you. Perhaps…Perhaps humanity had the potential to be something magnificent. If they had the right support.
The door flew open, Light-Source disks beginning to glow, illuminating a small bedroom with a wooden table and a vase of flowers. “Forgive my intrusion,” Mercy said. “But your friends are
