She didn't have to do anything. She was just an idiot.
[Like the previous attempt, it falls a little flat: some combination of his exhaustion and lingering guilt. He's silent for a moment.]
Anyway. Norma was only a student when her master disappeared, but she decided that she would run away from school and continue pursuing Sven's dream, and Zamaran's dream. She learned and translated the ancient language of the Radiant . . . all without ever meeting a Radiant. She traveled to the Legacy in search of the Everlight. She found herself in the middle of a war.
[In a different tone of voice, like an aside:] This was the war between Crusand and Rexalia for control of the Legacy. The one I told you about before.
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[Like the previous attempt, it falls a little flat: some combination of his exhaustion and lingering guilt. He's silent for a moment.]
Anyway. Norma was only a student when her master disappeared, but she decided that she would run away from school and continue pursuing Sven's dream, and Zamaran's dream. She learned and translated the ancient language of the Radiant . . . all without ever meeting a Radiant. She traveled to the Legacy in search of the Everlight. She found herself in the middle of a war.
[In a different tone of voice, like an aside:] This was the war between Crusand and Rexalia for control of the Legacy. The one I told you about before.