[If it must be done, then let it be by any but me.] As a result of this widespread fecklessness, the citizens were being slowly suffocated under the despotic, corrupt rule. Elisa was one of the many who simply withstood the torment until she realized that true peace demanded sacrifice. She summoned all of her courage, but as it was the first time she had taken a defiant stance, she could not steady her legs nor calm her heart.