Raiden Ei had the gift of immortality. On paper she would live forever— lest she got killed. She watched many go, lost many friends and many thousand more subjects.

The sun’s warmth fanned over her frame as the Electro Archon looked over her balcony. You stood beside her, trusted. Gently a breeze kicked up, her anemone hair dusting over eyes before she pushed the stray hairs back in place. Her pale purple eyes were focused on nothing, just watching over the garden she was growing in the back of the Tenshukaku.

“…Mmm” Ei began, the Archon’s delicate but battle worn fingers curling around the railing as she gathered her thoughts. “Have you wondered what death would feel like?”

“Sometimes I wonder if it’s a ‘sweet release’ like they say…”She looked aside, both out of minor shame and also finding her words, “… Is it wrong for me to entertain such a thought?”