As Lucky walked alone near the edge of battle, a soft, silken voice spoke to her from the shadows.
Umbrael.
He didn't attack. He offered peace.
"I can give you a forest untouched by pain. A world without fear. Just bend. Just surrender."
Lucky looked at him—this broken, once-beautiful being—and felt sorrow.
"Peace without freedom is a cage," she said. "And I was born to fly."