#voidregnant

     THERE IS NOTHING IN THE WORLD A MOTHER WOULDN’T DO FOR HER CHILD.          falling from the very pinnacle of her power to the deepest pits of dunwall, hidden places where only the damned would lurk       ----       it wasn’t nearly as bad as knowing emily was out there, somewhere, her well-being and life itself no doubt endangered. knowing that she thought everyone she loved and counted upon was dead. crying in her sleep, calling for her mother...

you’ll know what to do; those were the last words the protector heard. but do you know what to do? what precious principles of yours are you ready to sacrifice          -----------

his heart was heavy; it frightened her how she failed to realise the whole impact this life, and she herself, had on corvo                ------                and now that it has occurred to her, it was all too late. it was now her burden to carry, hers alone, and yet even after his death, it was his voice she clung to in the dark, when all else was failing, when she thought her guiding star went out for good, was gone forever.

jessamine kaldwin, no longer the empress, was standing in the doorway, her face pale in the half-light, eyes shining as if in fever. her daughter was drawing        ----        she looked safe. unharmed?