#her thought process

It was a simple question with a simple answer. Lucierin didn't care for anything about Vel being given her soul back, or demons or any of that extra crap. All she wanted to know was whether or not the woman that Vel saw as her mother ever loved her. Yes or no. "Things aren't that simple." Lucierin growled at the memory of what the death knight had said to her. Bullshit. You're just someone who took things for granted until you died, then everything turned sour. Ava's explanation for what she did still lay heavily at the pit of her stomach, "Our affections..." Vel was her little pet. To her, she was nothing better than a little puppy or a snake or a b... Or a bird. Lucierin screamed as she stabbed the training dummy in her room, fully ready to admit that if Darnath hadn't kicked Ava off the cliff, that she'd have attacked the woman herself. Father and Uncle may have been worried about the organization's reputation, about what to do if Ava wanted retaliation. She never gave a crap for any of that. Yes or no. Do you love her? "Things aren't that simple." Theravir was able to answer for Sunny and Luna... she didn't ask Cero his answer for Kit. And as far as demons go, if someone asked that of Mira about Leona or Serene. Alright, so some parents don't get a choice. The ones who do though... No wonder Mira dislikes Ava. She knew long before any of us, didn't she? Lucierin stopped, putting her knives away and looking over the damage she did to the dummy, a small part numbly telling her that she probably should make a new one. No. Things weren't simple. Her little love life was testament to that much, Kit's was an even worse witness. When it came to love things were never simple. Memories not hers only worked to prove this. Did she love Ellyri? She wanted to. Oh dear gods, she hoped that she could. But there was a difference between that and between Ava and Vel... or Mira and Leona... or Cero and Kit. Between love shared between two people and love shared between a parent and a child.  Why didn't I ask Father? A simple question. Yes or no. Do you love her?

i don’t think they’re doing brainwashing stuff. im thinking that possibly, shaw is working with the machine since she was labeled as asset.