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[armum]

[How many full-fledged knights come for a stay? Lightning is armored, armed and looking every inch a servant of her goddess, Etro. This woman doesn't do weak and she is pausing only to address any who might be watching. Then, when her message is concluded, she will continue on her way. Time doesn't fix itself, you know, and she has a little sister to guide...to find...

Her job is never done - or so it feels.]

Was this your desire, great Etro? [Her exhaled breath lifts her pink fringe.] I am Lightning Farron, a servant of the Goddess Etro. If it was by her will that I was brought to this location, so be it, but I sense that someone has interfered. I must return to Valhalla.

[She glances at her audience sharply.]

The unseen will reveal itself in time.

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[liorafae]

Perhaps...

[It's true that she could. She just needs to make sure to keep her energy up. If she passes out from using too much magic, her escape would be for naught...]

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You know yourself better than you think. [She can sense the misgivings.] Trust your power; that will make you stronger.

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[liorafae]

...How do I...?

[How does she know herself better than she thinks? And how does Lightning know? Liora stops herself, not wanting to hold herself back.]

I just...have to learn to control my power better...

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Practice will help, but it starts with you. You have to believe in yourself or no one else will.

[That isn't fair, she knows, but it's life. You either pull yourself up or you're buried by fate.]

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[liorafae]

[Lightning's words bring Cane and Snowy to mind. Without them, Liora wouldn't have been able to pull herself back together after Erebus's attack.]

At least...I have Cane and Snowy back home. They believed in me even when I'd given up on myself... I don't know where I'd be without them...