That was it. That was all Rai needed. An acknowledgement that it wasn't her intention. There was no way someone like Rai would ever turn on a fellow Guardian, right? Even Natylee should see that!
A warm, comforting feeling came up from inside her, embracing Rai like a blanket. Her relationship with Natylee was mended, and their bond was made stronger because of this ordeal. The corners of Rai's mouth began to turn upward into the beginnings of a smile. Everything was fine now.
...
...
[i]No.[/i]
Rai pushed down the feeling of joy, stifling it until it was smothered out completely.
[i]She may forgive me. But I don't forgive me. I don't deserve that.[/i]
Rai muttered plainly,"Thank you," and continued marching forward.
In the deep recesses of her mind, Rai heard far off cries for help, as she heard so many times before. The screeches of desperate lives about to be taken away.
Her self-imposed guilt made room for burning anger, creating a thick soup of the two in Rai's mind.
[i]Forgiveness is earned.[/i]
Just as the clouds of self-hatred began to move in, Rai's Ghost halted in mid-air, the segments of her body orbiting excitedly around her core. She was looking up at the top of an enormous skyscraper, it's shadow shielding the old marketplace from the light of the sun. This was one of the tallest they'd come across so far.
"The Light...it's in this building!
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