"You shouldn't have."
Egon's icy comment came a moment later than it should have, and she couldn't help but acknowledge how right he was. Her intentions had been good, but she truly shouldn't have ventured into Bastian's room; it had only complicated matters for everyone involved.
"I shouldn't have," she murmured. "But what about you? Should you have gone and left me alone, just as you did on the night our home burned?"
Egon appeared surprised before his expression darkened. It felt somewhat childish to cast blame when it was all Aldric's fault, but her words seemed to spill out against her better judgment.
"...My house burned before my eyes while I was inside it. I thought I would die there, never to see you again..."
She suppressed her complaints about being abducted and exposed to dark magic, recognizing it as a taboo topic. Yet, it only intensified her anger.
