A Struggling Heart - Part 1

"…You have shattered my pride and worldview entirely," Blackwell said.

Claudia grinned. "To anyone else, this would have been perfectly natural. It is only you that could have seen it as such an extreme. Regain your fire, Lord Blackwell, but do not be overwhelmed by it. I shall be here with you, when you do require me. But in return, I must burden your heart – you must raise yourself up once more, despite the knowledge that you are flawed, and there is softness in your heart. Your battling will eternally be done with a heart filled with conflict. Another would call that a curse, but I trust you have the wisdom to see it as beyond that, Lord Blackwell. You are most necessary, great Lord, for the events of the future. Bear your burden, and bear it well."