"Farewell my shadow, you who stand at the path I chose not to follow. Yet, I have no regrets. I'd do it all over again exactly as I did before if given the chance."
Famous last words, I thought, how hilarious. I chuckled silently as Lloyd prepared to destroy my Cruxis Crystal. Oh, and how true those words are, I thought.
I distinctly remember that flash from my crystal when I saw that pathetic inferior being equip the exsphere made from the Angelus Project onto that son of Kratos, the then baby Lloyd. I realized at that moment that whatever part of that weak little half-elf, Mithos, which was still inside of me had taken refuge into the exsphere, essentially making itself a part of Lloyd's soul. At the time I gave it no thought merely telling Kratos that his lover and child had died, and also saying to him that he had done a very disgraceful thing, choosing to keep the knowledge of his son's survival to myself. And to think that that same 3 year old would grow up to be the one to slay me!
Sadly, that is what happened, down to the last letter. The ironic thing is that not one of them not even the one in question, Lloyd himself, knew that it was him I was talking to. They all probably thought that I was reminiscing about the past, those fools.So I chuckled one last time before he shattered the crystal, and the strangest thing happened. I was being tugged at by the other part of me, the part in Lloyd's exsphere!
I tried to escape but my strength was diminished from the battle. Yet, when I was absorbed, I finally felt whole again. Probably it's the weakling part of me talking, I thought cynically. However, I don't think all of me believed that. So I watched as they tried to save the seed, and saw how thier attempts failed.
It must have been my sentimental side again, but I felt remorse for all the death I had caused, and I desired to atone for it. So I did it, I gave Lloyd his wings, and he revived the tree, and in doing so Symphonia was reborn, and my sister's last request had begun to be fulfilled, as it should have been fulfilled, and not as the the twisted world I had imagined.
Even to this day I don't know how he did it, but I don't care, I am content. For 5 years I have eternally thanked the one who killed me, for he allowed me to be here with Mana, the gaurdian of the tree, who was to an extent the very sister I had tried to resurrect for 4,000 years, for all time.
So whether I deserve it or not, thanks to Lloyd and my then forsaken half, I can finally say that I am Mithos Yggdrasill.A half-elf, the leader of Cruxis, the ruler of the Desians, the hero of the ancient Kharlan War, and I am also the very incarnation of the new Giant tree. Of the... Yggdrasill Tree.
