[ Perhaps because of their shared Legacy, she feels that shock of disgust more potently than she might've with communion with anyone else. To bury the emotion so quickly, she can recognize it's something he'd rather not show so openly to her. Oh, so that's how he really feels...?

She's always gotten the sense that Ernesto takes this all quite seriously, despite his affable surface personality. The peace talks had only confirmed that, when paired with his tight lips and evasive attitude, visible since the Lover's shrine. Misa lets a contemplative silence fill the air, kicking her feet back and forth from where she's laying. ]

To change the world, there must be sacrifices, right?

[ It's that simple to her - a very black and white view of the matter at hand. To kill an important member of the resistance is the lesser of two evils - the alternative would be, what... that the Regent cracks down on all of Godsblood? On all of Venera? To her, those in Venera being targeted, and even Vaeka herself don't register as "innocents," which drains any of the lasting (very small) reservations she might've had.

To get to the end goal of changing the world, there would always be people who needed to be killed to get taken out of the way— that's something she accepted long before she ever set foot on the soils of Horos. ]

This way, the least amount of people will get hurt. I believe that. It'd be nice if there were an easier way, but...

[ If Vaeka is executed.... yes, she's certain it'll be for the better. Not just for the Kenoma, but for everyone in the continent. ]