[@PaulHaynek] [@Enkryption] [@The Irish Tree] (EUL)

Kerry closed her eyes and took a calming deep breath as Dinah's story sank in. The hornet was speechless by the end of it. Truly.

Because what do you say to that?

What do you say to a woman, formerly human, and a living weapon that have spent the past [i]five centuries[/i] in pursuit of power and revenge? What kind of mindset did one have to take to hold a grudge for [i]that long?[/i] What kind of damage, mentally and spiritually, does it do if revenge is your one and only goal in your long life? And naturally.... When you fail, over and over again.... When your losses start outweighing your gains.... When your friends and family become kindling to flames of vengeance.... When you lose [i]everything[/i]....

[b]What do you have left? And how do you go on in life?[/b]

.......

[color=fff79a][i]Enough...[/i][/color], Kerry somberly thought. [color=fff79a][i]This....has to stop.[/i][/color]

Did she have questions? Yes. Was she upset with Alice over this? Definitely. But that can wait. Her lover needed her right now.

Kerry opened her hazel eyes, a determined resolve burning within them as she looked to Eula. No words were exchanged, yet the message between them was clear as day:

[b]We're all they have left.[/b]

After that, Kerry walked over to Alice's side and kneel down to the mad hatter's level.

[color=fff79a]"You both fucked up. Royally and without a doubt."[/color], the hornet spoke honestly. [color=fff79a]"Is this the part where I judge you? Where I condemn your foolish dive into self-destruction, take off this ring and vow to have Gwen never see you before I forever cut you out of my life? Well, sorry, but that's not happening. Because what would that solve, Ali? What. Would. That. Solve?"[/color]