Fire makes me invisible.
A shadow in the night, born to burn away evil and use its ashes as the foundation from which I rise again...
...and again.
Fire makes me powerful.
It's the very blaze I would have ignited myself.
Wait for the fire before you fly, Phoenix.
No longer do I read Lorenzo's words.
Instead, I hear them in Nemesis's voice.
My goddess of vengeance.
The woman who prepared me for this very night despite the ghosts screaming inside my mind and the shadows clouding my thoughts.
The woman who taught me how to become the Phoenix...
...even while carrying a demon on my back.
Nothing is too heavy to keep me from fighting.
I have to become greater than them.
Embrace the darkness within me.
Set myself free.
Just as fire does.
It's always darkest before dawn.
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