Since the first day of the Trial, she had been expected with the feeling of loneliness and even dreadfulness. She didn't even know where to begin in the Trial, but with Lillian with her, she felt more at ease.
At least she wasn't going to be alone, was what she had thought back then. She had even come to find herself enjoying the moment where they trained and... Surprisingly, the physical contact.
It was the first time, after all, when she met someone who looked almost like her...
And since then, that exact girl she had been so obsessed over had made grand and enormous strides in progress to become stronger, while she... still remained the same.
Even though Marionette had recently comprehended the Expressions of her techniques and had entered the Middle stage in the Knight Realm, that was about it.
She... She had stagnated; her strengths and abilities had stagnated.
