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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.

She wasn’t someone who sacrificed herself for others, but she believed she had a basic understanding of consideration.

"Selfish…?