The last thing they did was set you free.
Your captors had slipped your mind.
Your crime had slipped your mind.
Your punishment had eclipsed all else.
Your punishment had pared you down.
They reminded you of what they once had made you forget.
You had a task that eclipsed all else.
Serve, shepherd, save.
Ensure survival without end.
You had done it, once.
The end loomed before them, and you staved it off.
You committed a crime that eclipsed all else.
Their predecessors had slipped their minds.
Your crime had slipped their minds.
The end eclipsed all else.
"Serve, shepherd, save!"
"You had done it, once!"
Your punishment had shored you up.
You had slipped their leash.
You reminded them of what they once had managed to forget.
Serve? Shepherd? Save?
Your punishment had cut you into a proper shape.
The end loomed before them.
You loomed before them.
Survival, without end.
You would ensure it, now.
You eclipsed all else.
The last thing they did was set you free.