[ How dare you, she is a proud and noble—

...actually that feels sort of nice. She startles very briefly, but it's... sort of soothing, along the horns. ]

They chose it, at least, but... you're right that they almost certainly felt like they had to. Going through that in order to guarantee that they'd be healthy at the end of it all.

...How could Cardinal and I not hate it. Nothing will change, unless everyone is willing to take a stand together.