[ she would not say they are fortunate when she does so little, when she thinks there isn't much she can do.

his question makes her pause because no one has ever phrased it that way. it's not right, but from what she's learned recently before coming here, it may not be wrong either. ]

When I was chosen to become the Raven Consort, that was a sign that the goddess, Niao Lian, claimed me. If I leave, she will take it as a sign of betrayal, and I will die.

[ in some ways, she is more like a sacrifice than cursed. ]

I do not know if I can escape her.

[ on account of their souls now being intermingled. ]