She has no significance at all. It was ultimately due to personal preference.
[ The empress closed her eyes. ]
When I was but a child, I visited the pyramid with my parents. I was quite taken by how different the legend was, as you noticed. And something I didn't quite understand happened... I cried. The legend depicted was sad and sorrowful, enough for a child to be uncomfortable. But it was the sight of this statue that caused me to cry. [A pause.] I never quite forgot how I felt on that day, and thus I decided to use this statue as a model for the third district's one.
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[ The empress closed her eyes. ]
When I was but a child, I visited the pyramid with my parents. I was quite taken by how different the legend was, as you noticed. And something I didn't quite understand happened... I cried. The legend depicted was sad and sorrowful, enough for a child to be uncomfortable. But it was the sight of this statue that caused me to cry. [A pause.] I never quite forgot how I felt on that day, and thus I decided to use this statue as a model for the third district's one.