“I came up on the screen, too, Cassia. But he was the one you chose to see.”

“And then a new screen, one I had never seen before, never even heard of popped up. It gave me a choice. I could become the new Lord of Darkness myself, or I could take a gamble and be reincarnated. I chose wisely.”

“He totally came up here to see you. Girl, you are on.”

“You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?”

“And if anything good came to lie at your feet, you would be too blinded by hedonistic self-indulgence to see it!""Wrong again, my love," he murmured. "For I clearly see you.”

“He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say that at least. As for myself, I cannot even claim that. You see, I trusted. I trusted in his lorship's wisdom. All those years I served him, I trusted I was doing something worthwhile. I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really - one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in that?”