However, speed inevitably brings exhaustion and scars.
Under the long-term, high-pressure development, team members started to drop, some getting sick, others leaving. Elara herself fainted at her keyboard late one night. When she woke up, the world in front of her seemed to be shrouded in smoke.
She propped herself up and looked at the countless unfinished tasks. She was no longer the girl with a spark in her heart but a scarred guardian of the fire.
The state of the Nine of Wands is not the joy of victory but the tenacity of holding on to the wand even when bruised and battered. Even if she only had a little strength left, she would protect that initial flame.
"I didn't come all this way just to fall down," she whispered to herself.
【Echo from the Mirror】
In the midst of your scars and exhaustion, what are you protecting?