[That's...genuinely very nice, she appreciates that. ...A small smile rises to her face, though.]
It's...it's okay. I still... It was ten years before I felt recovered and...mentally ready enough to return to the village. And it was very peaceful, while I was gone. [She almost wonders, still, if...she brought the trouble, herself-
No, not right now.]
I'd recovered enough so that...Ouka could see me, interact with me. Only her, and...I felt too- too foolish to tell her...that I was her mother, after I had to leave her like that. [She...squeezes Elda's hand.] But she knew. I don't know when, but...she figured it out, my...very smart girl. Ouka, she...I trained her, and stayed with her, for ten years, until... Until I died, in a...difficult battle. [Which is...a part of the story she is not ready to tell again.]
She told the people of my...heroism, and my sacrifice, and they already worshiped me, though...fearfully. Their belief in my strength grew tenfold. It was...that belief that made me a god.
[There's...a finality in that. It's not the end of her story, because obviously, there were centuries more to go, but. It sounds like all she's able to say.]
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It's...it's okay. I still... It was ten years before I felt recovered and...mentally ready enough to return to the village. And it was very peaceful, while I was gone. [She almost wonders, still, if...she brought the trouble, herself-
No, not right now.]
I'd recovered enough so that...Ouka could see me, interact with me. Only her, and...I felt too- too foolish to tell her...that I was her mother, after I had to leave her like that. [She...squeezes Elda's hand.] But she knew. I don't know when, but...she figured it out, my...very smart girl. Ouka, she...I trained her, and stayed with her, for ten years, until... Until I died, in a...difficult battle. [Which is...a part of the story she is not ready to tell again.]
She told the people of my...heroism, and my sacrifice, and they already worshiped me, though...fearfully. Their belief in my strength grew tenfold. It was...that belief that made me a god.
[There's...a finality in that. It's not the end of her story, because obviously, there were centuries more to go, but. It sounds like all she's able to say.]