△ are you content with how things worked out?
Maria chews on her lip for a moment, contemplative.
“I don’t think everything is done being worked out. I mean, I hope it isn’t, at least. But if everything ended right now... No, I wouldn’t be happy. There are still so many things I have to make sure happen. I need to see the day that Michalis realizes he deserves to be happy, too. I need to see Minerva lose that little crinkle between her brows.” Her expression lightens for a moment, fond, but there is a shadow of sadness that still hangs about her eyes. “I need to see them smile again. I need to hear them laugh. ...I need to know that they haven’t given up on their happiness.”
She draws her hands close to her chest, and lets her eyes flutter shut. There are other things to worry about, like Macedon and its people, but she knows there is a very kind king to take care of them.But who will take care of her siblings?
“But if you want to know if I wish things had gone differently... I try not to think about it too much. I know there’s probably a world that could have existed where Papa, Michalis, Minerva, and I are all together, smiling... But that’s not the world I live in. I can’t think about all the happy endings we could have had in other lives and forget to make one in the life I’m living now. Papa... is dead. I wish he wasn’t, but he is. I just have to remember that I loved him, and keep loving Michalis and Minerva.”
4/10, uncomfortable to think about again, especially since she doesn’t want to think about Michalis finding out she wishes things would have gone differently, but it’s not really a hard answer.