[Luz realized now this was a lot like when she had faced Belos in his mindscape, where he had the answers and she was asking questions, and then he steered her to the truth, his truth. That he had manipulated her so well she had given him just what he needed.

But it needed to change. It needed to change to their fourth encounter, the truly dangerous one, where he showed his true face and came at her, showed his cards and flexed his power on her, almost killing her.

Strange, how that was starting to be familiar, coming close to death, and staring it back, having to BE unafraid].

I faced what I had to face then. That's my own burden, and I'll carry that.

But Sunny deserves someone listening to him. Helping him. And that's what I want to do.

No one should be petrified by their mistakes forever.