He kept a secret room dedicated to his travels in his youth, known only to himself. Inside, he kept mementos that would bring his doom if discovered.
The shelves were filled with treasures from lost lands. He had an opalescent stone from the Fire Kingdom, a jade ring worn by one of the Water Temple’s strange priestesses, and a book liberated from the Underground Library before it burned.
He told himself that there was nothing to be done at the time. He told himself that they weren’t trophies but seeds that would bloom again.
Some days he even believed it.

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