- The perspective is being adjusted...
As Shartia’s vision darkened, a faint voice, too soft to be fully heard, drifted past her ears.
—You are a selfish woman.
—Ugly… selfish…
—And foolish.
She couldn’t hear it clearly. The voice had come and gone too quickly to catch, but one word stood out clearly in her mind:
"Selfish."
Selfishness.
Why had the blue screen chosen to emphasize selfishness of all things? Shartia furrowed her brow, deep in thought.