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After meeting with Eiran, Zayden came to understand one thing. He had to fix things between himself and Ren.
Perhaps he wasn't ready to forgive him yet. Perhaps the betrayal still hurt too much for that. But Ren deserved the chance to explain himself.
At the very least, Zayden owed him that much.
The child had grown increasingly anxious over the past few weeks, and seeing it firsthand had forced the Imperial General to face a truth he had been avoiding.
Too much time had passed. Far too much.
Between the hallucinations, the sleepless nights, the memories that haunted him while awake and followed him into his dreams, Zayden had lost track of the days.
Every moment had blurred together into one endless nightmare.
And somehow, while he had been drowning in his own misery, Ren had remained locked away in the dungeon.
All alone.
