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"Thank you, Tessa."
You stared at Yeonjun, your father, the dark spirit, standing before you. His head was bowed, but he was still looking at you, the most earnest, sincere expression that you had ever seen, on his face. It made you realize that everything you knew about him, everything you'd witnessed up until this point, had been an act. Well, maybe not an act, but a different, inauthentic side of him. This was truly who he was, before the darkness had consumed him.
And then, Yeonjun did something that you never could have comprehended.
He fell to the floor, and started to cry.
At first, you weren't sure how to react. Seeing the person you thought, just moments ago, was your enemy show such raw and real emotion, made you more than a little uncomfortable. And you had to admit, his complete flip from taunting and injuring your friends and the light spirits, to collapsing down on his knees and crying in front of you, was a shock to your system.
Call you naïve, but you knew, deep in your heart, that this was real and honest. It was in this moment that you felt like you truly knew him.
You came forward and knelt beside him, placing a hesitant hand on his shoulder.
"Yeonjun..." you started, unsure what to say.
He turned to face you, that pale, almost pathetic face streaked with tears. A pang of pity zinged through your heart.
"I'm sorry for what I've done," he rasped, voice hoarse with emotion. He glanced around at the rest of the group, who were still unconscious. "I'm sorry for everything. For so long, I've been consumed by anger, and revenge is all I could think about. I haven't always been like this, but after awhile, I couldn't turn back, even if I wanted to. I-I don't know what I can do, if I can do anything at all, but I want to make this right. Whatever you want, Tessa, my daughter, I will do."
