Unfortunately, the discrimination never ended--laws were even passed against half-elves. [She steps forward and turns.]

A rather skewed form of optimism led to one planet being split into two separate world that fought for the mana that was left. One planet always thrived and was green, but at the cost of the other wilting and dying.

It was another form of optimism that reunited those worlds so they could survive together. [She steps back to him and grabs his arms.] Don't you understand? If being optimistic could do that, then it can fix this! [She points to the devastation for emphasis.]