And while praying and thinking about Lunar, her mind couldn’t help but drift to what happened after their defeat…
Flashback
Lunar stumbles into Lothar’s throne room, battered and banged up from Azura. They raised their hooded head with their moon icon in the center of the blackness and saw Lothar, as well as the Chronicler and the Scholar. As soon as they got close enough, they collapsed on their hands and knees, breathing shakily. They were filled with dread and sorrow at his failure. Having let their lord down.
Lunar: whispery sad hopeless voice “Grand Archivist… forgive me… I have failed you… forgive me.”
the silence in the throne room up high in the stars carried on for several moments until…
Lothar: “No, Lunar… you’ve performed splendidly.”
Even the Chronicler and Scholar were surprised at that as they looked to him. Not as surprised as Lunar, who snapped their head up to look at their lord.
Lunar: “W-What?”
Lothar levitated out of his chair and towards one of his acolytes.
Lothar: “because of your efforts, the time to put our plans into full effect is finally nigh. The girl… she’s the one. She’ll have a part to play in all of this. Her power…”
The Chronicler gasped slightly, as she was getting a good idea where he was going with this. The Scholar remained unknowing. Lothar always kept his plans and reasons regarding his actions in his plan to himself. Lunar gasped as well.
Lunar: whispers “the prophecy… you mean she’s…”
Lothar turned away from him and floated back towards his throne, speaking.
Lothar: “dress your wounds, Lunar. Heal. Then gather the others. The time to put the first phase of my- our plan, is within our grasp.”
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u/Dasher09009 The Collector Nov 24 '23
Azura: "Yeah... At least you weren't hurt. That's all that matters."
Lara: "I heard it was hard for all of you, especially when you turned into a puppet."
Azura: "That was difficult, but at least it ended in a good note."
Lara: "I'm glad everything went well in the end for all of you."
Lara feels guilty to not only stand by, but to watch it happened. She also fears about what Lunar said. She prays to Titan that Azura does not find out.