Everyone who betrayed me. Everyone who stopped being useful or got in my way, because if I didn't throw them away, they'd betray me too!
[Anna's smile isn't right. It's focused, trembling. The kind of expression only a few of you have seen on her. Something is wrong.]
My last disciple said I was weak and ran off. My little sister wants us all to just be happy friends again. My mother called me a heretic! She thinks Magiaconatus wants Ernesta to win and -- and not just that, that its will is the will of the gods! That girl, that demon ruined everything I cared about.
[A harsh laugh.]
So I threw it away. All of it. I even threw away myself. Why should I stop at any of you?
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[Anna's smile isn't right. It's focused, trembling. The kind of expression only a few of you have seen on her. Something is wrong.]
My last disciple said I was weak and ran off. My little sister wants us all to just be happy friends again. My mother called me a heretic! She thinks Magiaconatus wants Ernesta to win and -- and not just that, that its will is the will of the gods! That girl, that demon ruined everything I cared about.
[A harsh laugh.]
So I threw it away. All of it. I even threw away myself. Why should I stop at any of you?