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Chapter 21 - Side Chapter 1: My Name is Lia

My name is Lia, and it's my job to guide Nayalisia.

But It's so dreadfully boring in this endless void.

Nayalisia can't absorb Arcana, so this place will always be a pitch-black expanse.

Unless she's fighting someone, then it becomes colorful.

It's not a problem, though; I've been trapped in expanses of nothingness for millennia.

I owe Nayarali for breaking me out and Nayalisia for granting me light.

When Nayarali said she needed me for her daughter, I thought she was a fool. What could I possibly do for an Elven child?

I was mistaken.

Nayalisia is my everything. She is my reason for existing, and I will make sure she grows to become the shining light I know she can be.

To do that, I needed to treat her harshly; she must learn fast. The world will not wait for her.

When I first spoke to Nayalisia, I lied to her.

I had been awake since she left Aleria. I watched her cry herself to sleep the first few days, I watched her wander the Human lands, I watched her kill the Dwarven witch, and I watched her make the decision to interact with Humans.

I can't control myself well around her. Sometimes I am strict, sometimes I tease, sometimes I make jokes, and sometimes I am mean.

But I can't help it; I have to mix my teaching position with my normal behavior. I haven't had this much interaction with someone in so long.

I want to have fun with her, but I also want to teach her. I failed at both.

That isn't working anymore.

Nayalisia is getting tired of me; I can feel it.

I share all of her senses; I can feel what she feels, smell what she smells, see what she sees, and hear what she hears.

Back in Carla's tower, I noticed I could take control for that brief moment. I had to.

It was amazing. I felt the movement of muscle for the first time in so many years. I have to admit, though I knew it was impossible, I... was tempted.

Ridiculous.

I have not forgiven myself for those thoughts.

But enough about me.

I must do something for Nayalisia, lest she no longer interact with me.

It's been four days now since we began to speak to each other.

My approach is wrong.

I hurt her.

Last night, she saw something I didn't want her to see, but I needed to take advantage of it to teach her a lesson.

That was wrong, crude, hurtful, ignorant, stupid.

Why didn't I just wait until she sorted out her emotions?

It's too late, though.

Now, I must figure out how to not make her hate me even more.

I wouldn't be able to bear it.