<span style="color: #666600">"Like I said earlier, our kind have evolved greatly from what you and I are. The difference between you and I is that I am raw power whereas your power is more focused. You are easier to manipulate than I am. To manipulate me on a base level is asking for catastrophic meltdown, but you can be controlled easily. This is all hypothetical, of course, it's entirely possible you've just gone numb from working with the Counsel."</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #5900b3">"If I didn't love you I would have beat the shit out of you for what you did with Nalo! If I didn't love you I would have kept my boot on your back and a collar on your throat! Your mother was a piece of trash! She always was and she she always will be. Ras and I have both met her and if I wasn't wearing my badge at the time I would have torn that bitch in two... Ras threw you away? That's rich, last I checked you exiled him because he fought with me FOR YOU. Ras and I fought because we couldn't agree the best course of action to care for YOU." </span>She took a deep breath and steeled herself, emotion draining from her features.<span style="color: #5900b3">"Because I loved you, Ibara."</span>Her voice was calm and quiet now.<span style="color: #5900b3"> "Because I loved you I let you get the better of me. You need someone to abuse you, to rule your life with an iron fist. You don't just need a master or a mistress, you need an owner. You need to be treated like a dog. I tried compassion instead, I saw who you could be and tried to help you reach the vision I had of you. That was where I failed."</span>She tilted her head then shook it slowly.<span style="color: #5900b3">"Forgive? I don't forgive or forget, why would I expect that from you? No, I'm resigning. I gave myself in service to this city and this spear is property of your city. Like Nalo before my mother broke her out."</span>She side stepped the papers and approached the desk where she grabbed Ibara by the chin and stared into her eyes.<span style="color: #5900b3">"Then you are truly lost to us all. Scared and blind, running a failing city... I see now that I didn't fail. I was right to love you, and treat you with the compassion you were denied as a young woman."</span>She released Ibara and shook her head.<span style="color: #5900b3">"You would make your father proud with your behavior. I don't know who you are, but you're not the Ibara who came crawling to me before. Nor are you the little ball of fire that melted the ice around my heart. I'll be sure to pass on news of your passing to Ras."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>