Here, those who can practice magic are called witches. Clearly, not the same as in your world. Those of us who are strong enough, who are tied closely enough to the land, are able to live centuries. Sometimes nearly two thousand years.
[Her expression is gentle, almost distant.]
Mother was thirteen hundred, give or take.
[In her prime, truly. And she'd been cut down. But that's not what's important here.
Regina leans toward Mami.]
Monsters are those who chose to harm. You said yourself, you didn't know your Witches were friends. [It's hard for her to keep up with this, her mind sluggish and slow, but she thinks she's doing well enough.] You didn't know. And if they have become things that feed off misery, is it not better to remove them from the world? Death is always painful, but what you do, hard as it is, is just and right. You should not feel guilt.
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[Her expression is gentle, almost distant.]
Mother was thirteen hundred, give or take.
[In her prime, truly. And she'd been cut down. But that's not what's important here.
Regina leans toward Mami.]
Monsters are those who chose to harm. You said yourself, you didn't know your Witches were friends. [It's hard for her to keep up with this, her mind sluggish and slow, but she thinks she's doing well enough.] You didn't know. And if they have become things that feed off misery, is it not better to remove them from the world? Death is always painful, but what you do, hard as it is, is just and right. You should not feel guilt.