Probably not. But knowing this all comes from you is its own kind of despair, don't you think? As long as you're in this forest, you'll be hounded relentlessly by your cognitions. You might see scenes like this dozens of times while you struggle to find your way out. Maybe you can run or hide from something happening in reality, but you'll never be able to run fast enough to outpace your own heart.

[Morgana grins--not quite maliciously, but certainly with a fair bit of self-satisfaction. He digs his claws into the nearest tree, climbing up to find a perch again; he'd rather not strain his neck trying to look at Shido from a proper height.]

That was a few days before you got your calling card, wasn't it? Your plan worked. You just executed it earlier than you probably expected to, that's all.

[You know what you did. Did you expect to have to do it in real life, or was it always your intention to take care of it in your own Palace?]