[ this thing, their empire, was in its infancy yet. a shaky thing. breakable. if she could not maintain the relationships it had been built on, it would crumble. that much she was certain of. she needed them to anchor her in what she had once been, lest the power corrupt her into everything poe had feared she already was. ]
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[ is that right? no, not quite. ]
Or ... maybe you don't know yet.
[ this thing, their empire, was in its infancy yet. a shaky thing. breakable. if she could not maintain the relationships it had been built on, it would crumble. that much she was certain of. she needed them to anchor her in what she had once been, lest the power corrupt her into everything poe had feared she already was. ]