❝I'm a failure.❞
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“ No. ”
She kneels next to Will so she can look up to her, holding her gaze with steely resolve that could make the winds blow rainclouds back out to sea. Her hand rests on her successor’s arm and gives her a tight squeeze.
There isn’t much time. Her seconds in this meeting are already numbered and coming to a close. She can feel her existence fading from Earth all over again, but it’s different this time. It’s a gentler process, and it’s easier to let go because she knows Will and her friends are there to do what her friends couldn’t.
“ You haven’t failed until the very end. And you’re far from the end of your journey. ”
She remembers how she felt the same when she first arrived on her star ; like she’d let the whole of her team down, even Nerissa, with her death. But, as it turns out, her death hadn’t even been the end - she had been destined for more, and she knows Will is too.
“ You’re going to keep going, because you don’t want to let your friends down. And you haven’t let them down until you give up. Have you given up? Or are you ready to defend them? ”
