"You are so afraid of letting rotten things enter the mainland. But I wonder… if the thought that this bad apple was already on the mainland came across your mind, corrupting everything it had contact with?"
There was a moment of silence between Aries and Miguel, slowly stopping in their tracks. Aries snapped her eyes as she turned to face him squarely.
"Compared to the years I existed, you had lived ten — hundred times longer than that. However, I believe those numbers are worth nothing if we consider the years you were locked in this palace. My experience in this mere existence taught me enough lessons, Lord Miguel." She kept a subtle smile. "One of them was lessons from people — different types of people who stepped into my life to either lift it in the dark or trample it in broad daylight."
