She watched his lonely figure, feeling as though something blocked her chest, heavy and suffocating. She wanted to step forward, but her feet seemed nailed to the ground. Words of comfort turned over and over on the tip of her tongue, ultimately dissolving into a barely audible sigh.
She suddenly remembered what he had said while gazing at the starry sky: "My life was always meant to be lived for my people."
Yet now, his people had betrayed him.
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