35 A Half-Empty-Cup Person

Camila

Ronan seemed to have triggered a flood of memories for Arya because her eyes suddenly looked haunted, filled with shadows of the past.

The current sorrow and fear she was experiencing were still visible, but now they were mixed with something deeper and more troubling.

It was clear that Arya had endured a dark and painful past.

However, instead of learning compassion from her experiences, she became bitter and cruel.

Most people with such a past would try to prevent others from suffering in the same way, but Arya seemed to have taken a different path.

She was like a half-empty-cup kind of person, always seeing the worst in life.

It was as if she took pleasure in the misery around her, finding no joy in anything. Her eyes reflected that sadistic nature, a darkness that seemed to consume any light that tried to reach her.

"You once yelled at a soldier who tried to molest a Sardonian girl. I remember it, Arya. You told him, 'She's human too!" it was a brave move that drew me t