[a pause, and she inhales and exhales deeply. Ash is the second person to get this story. Higekiri was the first. does it mean something that both of the people she told were non-humans??]
The original Lord of Spirits created me and placed me into a human vessel twenty years ago. He implanted memories and made me believe I was the true Lord of Spirits, and for years, used me to draw out and eliminate his enemies. During that period. . . I believed I was the true Maxwell. I believed it was my duty to protect humans and spirits, and I upheld that duty to the best of my ability.
[closes her eyes, her mouth twitching into a small smile]
When I learned the truth. . . Maxwell seemed surprised that I could continue to believe it was my duty to protect humans and spirits when that was not my intended purpose.
[opens her eyes again]
I had created my own purpose, separate from the one Maxwell envisioned for me. The reasons I was created didn't matter. My intended purpose didn't matter. All that mattered was my own will and my own heart.
When Maxwell passed away, I became the new Lord of Spirits. I made that decision based on my own conviction, and I don't regret any of the choices I made that led me to that point.
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[a pause, and she inhales and exhales deeply. Ash is the second person to get this story. Higekiri was the first. does it mean something that both of the people she told were non-humans??]
The original Lord of Spirits created me and placed me into a human vessel twenty years ago. He implanted memories and made me believe I was the true Lord of Spirits, and for years, used me to draw out and eliminate his enemies. During that period. . . I believed I was the true Maxwell. I believed it was my duty to protect humans and spirits, and I upheld that duty to the best of my ability.
[closes her eyes, her mouth twitching into a small smile]
When I learned the truth. . . Maxwell seemed surprised that I could continue to believe it was my duty to protect humans and spirits when that was not my intended purpose.
[opens her eyes again]
I had created my own purpose, separate from the one Maxwell envisioned for me. The reasons I was created didn't matter. My intended purpose didn't matter. All that mattered was my own will and my own heart.
When Maxwell passed away, I became the new Lord of Spirits. I made that decision based on my own conviction, and I don't regret any of the choices I made that led me to that point.