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She thinks that he realized that he that he can't be the one to save her now that she's escaped. Now that she's escaped, she's lost her purpose and reason to survive and she's wonders what is important to her right now. As if reading her thoughts, he tells her what's important is that whatever she is trying to do is what he is trying to do. He then mocks her asking if she's going to revive the Leyla. She asks him didn't he want to be the perfect emperor.
He tells her it's pretty good if she takes over the empire. She says she's not joking but he just asks can he just be there (with her). She realizes as she stares at his face that he's not brainwashed. She nods and the heart she thought she had killed begins to beat again.
They make their way through the temple carefully and come across a lot of bones. At first they think they're from the people that Leyla followers kidnapped and experimented on. But Callisto then pauses and says no this is the Leyla tomb. As Penelope looks up she recognizes it's similar to the room Vinter showed her and then sees the mirror. She begins to run towards it. Monsters begin to attack and Callisto fights them off telling her to go first. She gets to the mirror and touches it triggering the quests completion and offering to show her the truth. Light bursts out of the mirror and Callisto screams out to her.
He tells her it's pretty good if she takes over the empire. She says she's not joking but he just asks can he just be there (with her). She realizes as she stares at his face that he's not brainwashed. She nods and the heart she thought she had killed begins to beat again.
They make their way through the temple carefully and come across a lot of bones. At first they think they're from the people that Leyla followers kidnapped and experimented on. But Callisto then pauses and says no this is the Leyla tomb. As Penelope looks up she recognizes it's similar to the room Vinter showed her and then sees the mirror. She begins to run towards it. Monsters begin to attack and Callisto fights them off telling her to go first. She gets to the mirror and touches it triggering the quests completion and offering to show her the truth. Light bursts out of the mirror and Callisto screams out to her.
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