They had not been so corrupted when she had known them, thus she had not been naive to believe in their good aspects.
It was just extremely shocking to realise later how much the matriarch’s and her support in love had kept them on track.
And when the matriarch had passed, they all chose to absolve any adherence, and instead embraced anarchy’s tyranny and cast about blame for their grief and losses.
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