Five of Swords

The wind brushes past blood-stained wounds, yet it cannot dispel the smoldering war within. In this battle, she defeated her opponent but lost to the twisted version of herself forged in the smoke—the torn trust, the pierced innocence—now nothing more than corroded stains on her medals of victory.

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Keywords: Conflict, pyrrhic victory, letting go, loneliness, courage, hollow triumph, tragic emotion