She looked toward the German trench line, where a general named Ludendorff was rumored to have a new gas—one that didn't just kill, but made men forget love entirely. "Ares thrives on despair, Steve. If I let one child die to save a hundred, I’ve already lost."
Élise walked toward her through the fire, the child's voice now layered with something ancient. "You cannot save what does not wish to be saved, Princess."
Diana extended her hand. "Truth," she said simply. "I am not your enemy. Your generals are. Lay down your fear, and I will lay down my sword." Wonder.Woman.2017.720p.HEVC.BluRay.ORG.HIN-ENG....
She wrote no letter of doubt after that. Only one line, to Themyscira:
By the time the dust settled, a little girl named Élise was staring up at a woman in dented, mud-splattered armor, whose eyes glowed like dying embers. "Are you an angel?" Élise whispered. She looked toward the German trench line, where
That night, as Steve Trevor patched a gash on her arm, he asked the question she dreaded. "You can't save everyone, Diana. You know that, right?"
The war didn't end that night. But one little girl learned to laugh again. And Diana finally understood her mother's words: "You cannot change the world by winning. You change it by loving it when it has forgotten how." "You cannot save what does not wish to be saved, Princess
Steve grabbed her arm. "We can still save tomorrow—"