Ilinarie (by Lea)

"When the plot causes you to evolve"- @cinder-rellish181

playing dolls with @knightofbhaal 's son 🩶

(part 2) part 3

They might seem cute but don't forget this is unredeemable durge x unredeemable durge

Lynette would have a plethora of things to say. Many of which her former self would sooner ignore. She'd be very tempted to call out her own weaknesses. She always had it in her to rebel, to refuse her father. Yet she never found a reason worth pursuing.

In truth, there was no better time for her transformation than during the absolute crisis. Removed from her father's watch, the urge silenced. A fractured weapon, ready to be smelted into something new rather than be burnished in the same hellfire.

I think she may even be able to give herself some grace, without being soft. She knew better than anyone what her headspace was in those final moments. How tired she had become of the life and role she was forced into.

She would tell herself, without giving anything away, that she would find a reason to live again. Something more fulfilling than the power on offer.

Getting the point across would be difficult, but she would try to convince herself to place more faith in others, outside of Bhaal. To trust that she would experience genuine connection and those bonds would carry her through to the other side.

Ilinarie would say what she told Orin. She has the hindsight of recognising Bhaal's abuse, the experience of failing him, and the scars of being (deliberately) failed by him. She'd know there's more to her than Bhaal.