For a second, a stubborn look crosses the princess' face. There is so much she will do to find Endymion, to claim him, to bring him to her side again. Surely he must want this, too. She hasn't bothered asking him, anyway.

But just as quickly, a feeling finally shows itself that might be regret. What happened before... was terrifying in its scope, a part of her still knows.

"In the past, when he was taken away, I destroyed that planet," she says; and her voice does not catch with emotion. The words are spoken as simply, as tonelessly, as the rest.