[ To her credit, she listens when he speaks. There's something to it that feels more like being lectured at, but she takes it. It's far from her like she disagrees with the sentiment - But right now. She closes her eyes a moment and reopens them in the same hardline like way: ]

I don't regret it. We made the best choice we could out of the options we had. Doing nothing would have made things worse and it's not like we didn't do it to ourselves either. That's not what I regret.

[ If anything and continues: ] I don't blame anyone here unless it was actually malicious in nature, but I said it earlier: Everyone will do what they need to protect their own. I get that.

Accepting the stakes as they are and handling them as necessary is what a warrior does. [ Said simply, but after a moment she takes on: ] I'm mad. I'm angry. A warrior is supposed to help protect people and prevent this from happening.

[ And she feels powerless. She hates feeling powerless. ] I can feel that now because it's over.