aside their differences long enough to team up against whatever could defeat her. ...Might need to appease Celia or get creative once all big fish have finished frying, though. I want to hold her off long enough to talk to her about something personal, at least.

Kingchester kids?

"...But to answer your question. I think my grumpy little whatever-in-law is doomed to failure at this point without interference on a scale that simply can't be overcome. If Celia falls at this point, I don't imagine the rest of the family being able to do much even if they set-

her first day has climbed so far!"

...Circumstances aside, Veruschka is proud of what Celia has accomplished. Not every action along that path, but to have obtained so much power despite the odds stacked against her...

...Wait, Veruschka was there for Celia's birth? Did she do that for all of the-

isn't happy about the fighting. She doesn't approve. But she understands WHY. She also still lives in the past in many ways, and recognizes that her personal disapproval doesn't necessarily make it her place to jump in and change things. She wants to respect others fighting their own battles.

new world is kinder. In others, it is more suffocating. It is an unhappy event that Elena's babies hate each other so, but it is only toxic because they have no way to truly end their conflicts. ...A resolution was almost had, at least in part, if not for foul magics denying peace."

Veruschka-

to closure."

She seems more sad about that than the fighting itself.

"...There was very little working together in my family. I changed that with the family forged on Darklight Island. ...But I also never denied anybody the right to resolve personal disputes however they saw fit. ...In some ways,-

anything my cousin and siblings did not at least attempt. Though the would-be usurpers all died to our gods. Or to somebody else's."

More will be added later.

Writers under the age of 18 should not perceive this account. I just don't want kids around.