"I've found that most people aren't evil so much as profoundly deluded." Seimei scratches Liranan behind the ears. "They really think they are doing the right thing. Or that they have no other choice."

Ysalwen's known people like that, right?

"And then there are people who have a great void in their hearts that all the power and acclaim in the world cannot fill. All their striving for these things just widens the void until everything is consumed."

With time and distance, Seimei has come to think of Ashiya Doman as one of those people.