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Order and Darkness
Those who threaten the order of this world are eliminated by my hand. That is my purpose, my raison d'etre. It is not a matter of will. Will is as a corpse consumed by darkness. I light a candle at its altar. “There is but one task before me: erase.” I had never thought of myself as empty, but when you stood beside me on that day, it was like a light illuminating my dark hollows. That is when I realized that perhaps I do have something to say after all. (Irene’s thoughts on her own words)