"Have you ever wondered... why 'status', 'skills', and 'classes' are structured like a game?"
As soon as the Sovereign asked that question, Elowyn's eyes widened.
It was a simple question. A child could have asked it. But Elowyn could not answer.
Because until the Sovereign spoke those words, she had never thought of it. Not once. Not even for a moment.
She had seen her status interface countless times. She had watched her skills grow, her class evolve, and her rank climb.
She had accepted it all as natural, as normal, as simply the way of the world.
But now she realized. She had never questioned it. Never wondered why. Never asked who made it this way.
As if she had not been allowed to think about it. As if something had been preventing her from asking.
But after hearing the Sovereign's words, Elowyn felt something shift.
