It may not be simple. But regrets don't need to be banished. They can exist with us, side by side.

[ he has regrets. many, at the moment, with the fall of the republic rattling in his head like a haunted house. except he is the only ghost that remains. still, would he banish it for bliss? for ignorance?

unlikely. yield, the dark says. but he could never. ]

And I would not speak of healing others before I look inward at myself.