Arthur nodded in agreement.
"The visions show more than just power. They show who he was. Why he made the choices he did."
Father's story. His real story, not the fragments mother could bear to tell.
Jasmine looked at Arthur one more time, uncertainty flickering in her eyes.
"Can he be with me? As I watch it?"
The mercury guardian's form shifted, considering.
"He has witnessed the inheritance before. If he wishes to see it again…"
The being's voice carried approval.
"No problem."
Arthur stepped closer, his presence steadying her racing heart.
"Are you ready?"
Jasmine gripped the legendary staff tighter. The inheritance chamber hummed around them, runes beginning to glow brighter as magic stirred to life.
Ready to see father's story. Ready to understand his choices.
"Ready."
But as the walls began to shift and change, preparing to show her visions of a past she'd only glimpsed in fragments, one question burned in her mind.
