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Sherry could feel a prescdnce pulling her back from the abyss. She was being hugged by somebody. She could sense the feeling of unconditional love. She ws safe here. There were no demons. There wouldn't be demons for a long time. Her heart beat beganto slow as she grounded herself with the sensation of Estelle's hug. Finally, when her panic attack subsided, she opened her eyes.

She remembered the feeling, ten years ago, when she saw Estelle's condition for the first time. She felt pleased and vindicated. She remembered thinking that this was what Estelle deserved for daring to take the spotlight. She could remember the euphoric, twisted satisfaction from seeing the one true prodigy of this family reduced to a depressed cripple, and that now nobody could stand in her way.

Seeing her now. The warm, unconditional love clear as day on her face. Anoverwhelming wave of negative emotions flooded Sherry's heart. She felt suffocating guilt and remorse over the fate of a sister who, looking back, had always cared for her and played with her. She felt rageful regret over the waste of talent this was. The squandered potential of how Estelle could have fared against the Demon threat in her prime.

Tears streamed down her face stronger as she pushed away from Estelle in revulsion and sprinted out of the dining room. Her other half-sisters were not even acknowledged. The water Crescence has requested for her never reached her, and her breakfast plate sat half-eaten. She ran. No destination in mind. She ran until her legs started to burn. Only then did she stop and brace herself against the wall, panting. All her life, even when she was in prison, she had never felt guilt until this very moment. But she couldn't let it stop her. She steeled herself and wiped her face with her dress sleeve. She had a lot she needed to atone for, but that could wait until after every last Demon out there lay dead. It wasn't redemption. It was revenge.