Rui closed his eyes.
"I'm sorry."
His tone was one of grief.
Copious tears spilled from her eyes.
Rui struggled.
He struggled to rekindle the affection he had for her.
He replayed all the memories he had shared with her.
Even now, he was in love with the woman within those memories.
And yet, when he gazed at who she had become.
When he gazed into the depths of her changed eyes.
It was almost as if he was looking at somebody else entirely.
Somebody he didn't know.
The very moment that realization settled in his soul, it crushed the love he had for the entity standing in front of him.
It was beyond his ability to alter.
This was the consequence of the Enlightenment of Self.
He knew who he was.
He knew understood the causality of his soul.
Had he still been a Martial Master, he might have been able to cope with the changes for years to come.
He might have been able to cope with who she has become and almost force himself to love her.
