I...[She closes her eyes. Even now, without powers, her blood screams at her for her act of filial impiety. How dare she turn against her Father, and raise her lance against him?] I wanted to protect them. Dante. My companions.
[She exhales softly, shakily]
I could not bare him lay waste to them, even as the call of my blood said I should not harm my Elder.
[She tightens her fists]
...but mostly, I wanted to protect his dream. It tore at me to see the man he had become, without the ideals and interest in the world he once lived with. He, who had spent many centuries, living for the sake to find peace between bloodfiends and humans, now allowing his other Children to hunt because he felt guilt for their suffering? That was the most unbearable part of it all.
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[She exhales softly, shakily]
I could not bare him lay waste to them, even as the call of my blood said I should not harm my Elder.
[She tightens her fists]
...but mostly, I wanted to protect his dream. It tore at me to see the man he had become, without the ideals and interest in the world he once lived with. He, who had spent many centuries, living for the sake to find peace between bloodfiends and humans, now allowing his other Children to hunt because he felt guilt for their suffering? That was the most unbearable part of it all.