Northstar Vale Tonight I feel like a shooting star, but I hope my shine will last much longer

Yuudai's outburst frightened her. Squatting down low with ears tucked tightly against her crown, eyes scanning for anyone approaching... nothing, nothing yet. She would be on high alert from here on end, quick to disperse should a certain someone come sauntering by; unfortunately for her, he already was. Out of sight, and out of any type of detection that she could get. If she knew he was just listening in out of reach, she'd probably vomit here and now; but this is where ignorance is bliss, right? 

I can't comfortably send you off to kill him. Purposely she kept her voice low again, feeling the previous bold rush fade as she once again tried to sink into the darkness that revealed their presence. White fur. Many seemed to find it so lovely, but here, it was nothing but a stain unless they were in the dead of winter. My conscious would never allow it. Wouldn't she, by association to the plot, be just as at fault with it all if she did? 

I'm sorry. Defeated, she shook her head. Takeshi's poison had already run so deep at this point that the Empress could barely see the light at the end of the tunnel, the brightness just beyond his curse. We can't take back what happened... I've accepted it. More so now that we understand... You'll be a great father to Hiromi's pups, and husband, I know you will.