Selfish Dream

"After she died, I shut myself off from everything."

The tears that flowed from Lucielle's face as she spoke was unbelievable. 

Rey had never seen anyone cry the way Lucielle did. Her crimson eyes glowed, and the hot tears seemed to be evaporating with heat as they kept flowing down her eyes.

'She's using Magic to make sure she never cries, but it seems the tears are too much this time, so the liquid keeps leaking out. What the hell is this mechanism? How long has she been doing this to herself?' He had to wonder.

Still, he said nothing and just listened to her speak.

"I hid my pain under smiles and carefreeness. No one could understand how I felt, after all… and there was still tons of work to be done." Lucielle added. 

"I didn't even attend the funeral."

What was the point?

The only part of Aisha they were able to retrieve was one of her arms—the part that tightly held the letter.