[The wailing stops briefly as the spirit sees Tau's illusion. Her mouth hangs open, black petals floating out like some of twisted hanahaki, and the gapping black holes of her eye sockets seem to widen. The petal tears dribble more.]
"I see it too. We were happy. This city, my people..."
[Despite it all, even as she closes her eyes tight to focus, she cannot control the vines. They begin gathering at the edges of the barrier and forming a cage around the fighters, with the spirit grunting in protest.]
"I can't. If this is how they see me now... I can never be free. I will always return as this Rumor, as a monster! There's no happy ending for me anymore!"
cw: disturbing imagry, hanahaki
"I see it too. We were happy. This city, my people..."
[Despite it all, even as she closes her eyes tight to focus, she cannot control the vines. They begin gathering at the edges of the barrier and forming a cage around the fighters, with the spirit grunting in protest.]
"I can't. If this is how they see me now... I can never be free. I will always return as this Rumor, as a monster! There's no happy ending for me anymore!"