"All used up," she answered.
Perhaps because she had finally met someone who didn't judge her actions, QM Foolishness spoke a little more than usual. Not to justify herself. Just… to say it out loud.
"What do Starsea and Quiet Mountain's futures have to do with us?
"This universe, that endlessly swinging pendulum, this kill or be killed conflict between Starsea and Quiet Mountain… none of it is our fault. None of it is our responsibility. So why should we sacrifice ourselves for a disaster that has no end and no reason?
"What right do Starsea and Quiet Mountain have to become our ideals?
"She had already lost Brilliance. Her world wouldn't survive the next bell. She had no future. I had no past.
"All we had left… was the Foolishness Game we were creating.
"That was the only thing we could still change."
QM Foolishness didn't need validation.
But in that moment, she found herself wanting to know what BS Rita thought.
Her gemstone eyes shimmered as she asked,
