( Never did she think she would enter Ishgard again, least of all one not labeled 'heretic' but an ally. To the Warrior of Light, to Aymeric, to a future where dragon and mortal can live side by side. It will take generations to see if their word is true, but even Ysayle finds herself reluctantly impressed by the work Aymeric has done already.
No one demands her cooperation -- she can make her own choices about what to do, where to go, in the name of spreading the truth of the Dragonsong war and sharing her understanding of dragonkind. It is a freedom she did not expect, not after taking up arms against the Ishgardians themselves.
Forgiveness offered, even to a woman who thinks she may not deserve it after all she has done. So she works for it, teaches all who come to her what she knows, and visits the dragons. There are some times, rare times, where she can bring others.
It feels a little bit like victory, the taste of it still foreign after all this time. )
post-heavensward.