[ a dismissive wave of her hand. ]

Of course you did not know. How could you?

[ she'd not told him, and it's hardly something to guess at. she shakes her head, moving past it. ]

And.. I did. It took some time. I was.. angry, I had felt so betrayed. He was all I loved in the world and yet he left me behind for there.. petty, squabbling peoples. I.. do still doubt myself, sometimes, that it is worth it..

[ for all the scions' hard work, people are still people, nations are still selfish and petty and small. ]

.. but there is far too much good in the world worth fighting for. I know that, now.