Song: Peace, George Winston
Focal Character(s): Ion
Peace seemed so fragile sometimes.
The peace treaty had been what started it all, in a way. The peace treaty had taken him from Daath, no, the desire for peace had taken him from Daath. And for a while, peace had seemed impossible.
Ion had believed in them, in all of them. He'd changed hands more times than he could count, and in it all, he hadn't wanted to give up his trust in them. It hurt, to see them betrayed. He hadn't understood. Why did it hurt?
Because, he'd realized, they were his friends. His first real friends, like Anise, his very first and until then only real friend. And so, when the peace treaty was finally signed, he was glad. And not just because he wanted peace.
It was because his friends had achieved their goal, too. And he learned what it meant to be truly, deeply happy for them.