“The stars of that dream were beautiful. In their own way. But it’s wonderful to see Celestia’s own after all this time.” I catch my own slip and breathe another sigh to myself. “What am I saying? Celestia’s own? Stelaris… may not have been anything but my own delusions from death. Or… could it have been the underworld?”


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    “Equo.” His face lights up at the very mention of that small town. “I’d lived there for a good bit of my life and it wasn’t until recent that I’d found myself posted here in the big city. I’d been gratefully allowed to keep this uniform while I work here. I have a personal attachment to it, so I’m grateful for that consideration.”


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    “‘Celestia’s Angel’? She’s said not only be breathtakingly beautiful, but also a prodigy in medicine. It must have made things a bit easier to have woken to her.”


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    “Fate and destiny.” I start pondering to myself. “The difference of the two is that fate is a path that we can’t avoid but destiny is a path that we choose. Solus used to tell me that. That maybe we are fated to be who we are but the path we walk is ultimately our own choice in destination.”


    “Then what of my life? And what should I do to help Juna? There have been too many mysteries lately and too few answers.”


    “Suppose it may need a bit of TLC or a battery check.”