Gate of Memoirs/Shattered Ordeal

Elaina tends to Estia reeling from her nightmarish ordeal, while Miriam and Evie are taken to a familiar phantom landscape.
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Elysia: A Kingdom Divided Episode 3—Dusk Falls—
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Music: "Tree of Gaia"	Music: "Tree of Gaia"
 	
*—Courtyard, thirteen years ago.
 	
*Miriam: ... ...
 	
*Gortius: There you are. Come to clear your mind again?
 	
*Miriam: ...Yes.
 	
*Gortius takes her hand gently in his, as he always had.
 	
*Gortius: I know how much you despise court. I would not force you to attend if I could.
 	
*Miriam: You don't enjoy court either, Gortius. This burden won't only be yours to bear.
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*Miriam: Not after what I've seen.
*Miriam: Don't worry, my love. No harm will befall our daughter.
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Music: "Daydream"	Music: "Daydream"
 	
—West Tower
 	
*Xenon: I don't know how to thank you, Elaina.
*Xenon: Had you not arrived in time, Estia might have...
 	
*Elaina: It wasn't just me. Give yourself some credit, Sir Xenon.
*Elaina: You knew what had to be done, even if it cleaved your heart in two.
 	
*Elaina: You went through with it. That's commendable.
 	
*Xenon: I never knew you were so sappy, Miss Elaina.
 	
*Elaina: Would you rather Lady Estia wake to such a sorrowful face?
 	
*Elaina: Ah. She's coming to...
 	
*Estia: Ugh...My head...
*Estia: Xenon?...
 	
*Xenon: My lady...
 	
*Xenon: ?!
 	
*Estia: I...I was terrified.
*Estia: I heard so many strange voices...Memories I don't even remember having!
*Estia: Like a nightmare with no end, and I only knew endless pain...
 	
*Xenon holds her gently in his arms and smiles.
*Xenon: Shh. You're back with us now.
*Xenon: I'm here, Estia.
*Xenon: And I'm not going anywhere.
 	
*Suddenly, your consciousness twitches, and you find yourself momentarily lucid during your survey.
*Haven't you seen this scene before?
*A wave of nausea begins to creep into your system, but your thoughts are interrupted by Elaina.
 	
*Elaina: ...Now, I may have a small inkling of what just happened.
*Elaina: And I'm afraid it's all about to sound rather...odd.
*Elaina: But first, I think we should treat Lady Estia's wounds.
 	
*Before you can focus on unraveling that mystery, your mind is warped elsewhere...
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*An eternity and a half seems to pass before Evie awakens.
*The underground tunnel was gone; now, there was only a blighted wasteland where color doesn't seem to exist.
*A staticky noise buzzes in her head, as if both within and without.
 	
*Evie: Where am I?
*Evie: What happened to...
 	
*Evie: ...!
Music: "A God"	Music: "A God"
 	
*Before her, seated on a crumbling mockery of the Elysian throne...
 	
*...was none other than Miriam.
*Miriam: Evgenia...
 	
*Miriam: ...Why?
*Miriam: Do you think I did all this for some sick sense of satisfaction?
 	
*Miriam: *I* am your only family now, Evgenia. And I would do anything to protect you.
 	
*Miriam: I have held that damnable destiny at bay. To keep you safe all these years!...
 	
*Evie: Mother...What are you saying?!
 	
*Miriam: Come back, Evgenia. 
*Miriam: Before it's too late.