“Here you are, defending your son, when you should be apologizing for what he’s done! This is all your fault! If you hadn’t—”
“Alexstrayna, Reylor’s actions were reprehensible, both before and after his banishment. If I was still alive, I would have done all I could to make sure he lived along the path that should have been his. But instead, what has happened to Reylor is a darkness none could foresee, which is why you cannot leave Treyan—”
“Didn’t you run away from everything? You gave up, too!”
The former Queen Empress sighed. “It was my Fate to see you brought to the Empire. I watched as you were born, and my sons were born soon after. I raised them, as best as I could, but now it is up to you to help lead them down the paths they were supposed to follow.”
“But Empress…” she tried
