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She follows him.
"The emperor is starting to get annoyed with my powers. At one point it got bad enough he threatened to blind me himself...." She says, shivering at the thought.
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"i don't see why, from his perspective your powers would be of use to him" he says evenly, but she can spot the tiny comforting fluctuation his voice holds as he leads her back to the zen garden