[The explanation for all of her life lay in that simple story (lie). The feet a mere three inches from "toe" to "heel", bandaged and wrapped in pretty ribbons to disguise the more grotesque truth beneath. The reason she'd been kept in her village and not allowed to venture beyond the Witch's Forest. The reason she was as she was-
A convenient lie to explain everything.
What did she do, with Aqua squeezing her hand? Should she reassure the older woman? It was fine, it was just her entire life.]
... I discovered it, so. There needn't have to be another Green Witch unless I die without completing the work.
[It didn't reassure her to say it, even though she tried to present it as reassuring- after all, the Ultimate Magic was a poisonous gas that killed any human who breathed it in.
She might be free of the duty to create it... but now her life would be dedicated to curing it. Nothing really changed, did it? It was a depressing realization.]
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A convenient lie to explain everything.
What did she do, with Aqua squeezing her hand? Should she reassure the older woman? It was fine, it was just her entire life.]
... I discovered it, so. There needn't have to be another Green Witch unless I die without completing the work.
[It didn't reassure her to say it, even though she tried to present it as reassuring- after all, the Ultimate Magic was a poisonous gas that killed any human who breathed it in.
She might be free of the duty to create it... but now her life would be dedicated to curing it. Nothing really changed, did it? It was a depressing realization.]