You Reap What You Sow

It had all been worth it, I had told myself. The concern, the lingering caution, the threat of the Elemental Nations crumbling between our out-reaching fingers. We had prevailed, but with a trail of inevitable deaths and wailing sorrow. It battled against me, even today. But through the wall of fortifying fire, they are the ashes. And through the ashes rise new sweltering threats.