"As I said before, there's nothing deeper to understand here. It's just a war of egos, nothing more. No higher meaning, no noble cause – just one being that got too greedy. Whether you like it or not, the Hoshigane bloodline was always leading you here. You just wrongly assumed that Shion's eyes, Ayame's dreams, and their pain were a curse instead of a gift. Besides–"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Ayame snapped, cutting him off. Rouhuo stared at her in shock – she'd never heard her lady shout like that.
"You weren't there when Shion cried day and night as a kid because his body was in constant pain. You don't know anything about our lives. I lost count of the nights I didn't sleep, on the verge of breaking down – and now you're saying it was a blessing? Neither we nor our parents were crazy enough for that!"
