The Goldsand Confederation
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"He woke up?!" Emeraldine was clearly surprised. "T-Then we need to go see how he is right away! Uncle!"
"Right!" Her uncle nodded. "I need to check his health too, he might still be afflicted with something… And also, well, we need to talk about a lot of things."
Emeraldine's uncle had already forgiven Ash for what he did, it seems he always knew he was being forced to do what he did, and never truly held a grudge, even if the other people of the village did.
He is a good man, and only ended blaming himself for not being able to stop him, nor for being able to protect him… It isn't fair to blame himself, there are sometimes things we can't change, no matter how hard we try.
But as long as we can keep our lives, we can continue moving on, and try to redeem ourselves for not having been able to do anything against such things.