"When my sister and I joined the Aldore army..... I had to do most all of the cooking and such. I tried to make it back then, but it was basically hot leaf juice. Absolutely terrible sludge. The others in the unit made fun of how bad at it I was, but it was never malicious. After what the emperor did to us.... I figured I should learn to honor the ones that didn't make it."

She laughs a bit at that, but it is a horribly forced laugh.

"I found the peace in it helped me focus on my magical studies too."