The gall and confidence Childe puts behind his words only make Vaeka sneer. The Regent has made sure their underlings knew just what to say. Rather than demoralize, it reminds her of why she threw her lot in with the resistance in the first place.

"The only suffering and conflict we've known was because of the Regent. Because of the likes of you!"

Her gaze snaps back and forth between Childe and Emet-Selch as her voice rises in open anger, her previous attempts to play ignorant are thrown to the wayside.

"How can you say that humanity is doomed and the world is bad? We've never known a Horos without the Regent! Maybe they're the reason why we've got all these problems. Godsblood would be better off without them and without you!"