Talk, talk, talk. From someone he detested, Ales barey registered anything besides the words that came out of her mouth. That's all Twilight did, and she'd never understand. Ales thought that she could reform when she agreed to let Palitutu die, but changed her mind at the last second as if it were nothing. She'd never change. The Gladed didn't change when Ales returned to his world because Polokus didn't change even after Ales's attack, and it remained vulnerable to outside forces. God-like royalty never changed.

"We backed away from our promise. It's the same as not killing her in the first place." Those statues were annoying to look at, but he barely managed to side eye Twilight. "What good is a leader if they can't commit?"