A Mother's Sacrifice

"Do I believe in reincarnation?" Klaus repeated the question slowly, his brow furrowed in thought. It wasn't a question he had ever seriously considered. Reincarnation—the idea of being reborn after death, starting over as someone entirely new, someone with no memory of their past life—was something he'd only heard in stories.

Klaus found himself uncertain. How could he answer something he barely understood? His life had been filled with battles, survival, and defying the heavens -well, he hasn't yet, but who is asking? The thought of starting over, losing everything he had learned and fought for, felt foreign to him.

He glanced at the figure sitting across from him, who was watching him with patient eyes, waiting for a response. Klaus didn't want to appear confused or weak, so he forced out an answer, one that felt safe, if not entirely true.

"I suppose it's possible," Klaus said, his tone guarded.