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Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:31 am
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"We believed this world's Ezra had been replaced," Eve filled in bitterly. "It was a terrible mistake." Unforgivable, even. It was clear she and Leila both regretted it, but hindsight had no use here. Hopefully it would at least explain why both of them were keeping their distance from the young Ezra now that he was free.
Leila's posture slumped downward as she once again recalled the events after the Conference. "This was right when we all decided to redo the Charter, so it was clear he was working alone. I pointed this out," she said, "and he said he didn't owe me an explanation. I-I didn't want to do it, and I didn't know his plans, besides wanting to keep the Court disbanded... but he said..."
Her thumb kept tingling, jolts of heat shooting up to her elbow, but the memory of the conversation was far worse than the pain. It would still be difficult to recollect even without the fading geas -- so instead of speaking the next part, she offered a memory of the conversation. It was faded, oddly detached, but the Burning Man's threat was clear.
"I didn't want to leave Eve behind like that," she finished. "Right after that is when I saw this world's Ezra for the first time. I got the ability to see mental influences, like the geas."
"So we know Ezra had been aware of what was happening," Eve added. "And he was trying to fight back. I know he wrote a note to America asking for help a few weeks later or so."
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