Vega sighed softly, her chest rising and falling as she contemplated everything she had just learned. She understood her parents' plight well enough, yet her imagination could not help but run wild.
She pictured the ordeals Klaus and Amara must have endured, searching across worlds, delving into perilous ruins, facing unimaginable trials, all in pursuit of something, anything, that might give her an advantage. Deep down, she was certain their quest had not been gentle.
They must have fought battles that toppled empires, perhaps even reduced entire planets to ash in their relentless determination to secure her future. But she didn't ask. She knew there were truths that were better left unspoken, burdens too heavy to weigh down the present moment.
Her parents had gone to extraordinary lengths for her, two decades of sacrifice.
