[ She doesn't shy away as he comes closer. By now, she feels she has a reasonable enough grasp on his mindful nature that she can trust him not to pull a Gen — that is, to try to yank off her hood for some reason, which is about the most objectionable thing she could think of him doing.

She hears his points about a bigger picture and the right thing not always being easy, and they ring true to her as someone who was a cog in a thousand-year-long legacy. Though that legacy was something she ultimately rejected, she can remember what it was like to be dwarfed by something so much bigger than her that her brain was incapable of processing it. ]

If things have gone on for too long like the Regent says, then I understand the need to lay the world to rest. When it comes time for someone to die, it's better to let them do it with dignity.

[ She doesn't struggle with the idea of death. Everything has a natural end, and that's okay. ]

Everyone in Acamoth wants that, so I thought the people of this world were in agreement... but I was surprised to see that the people here seem to think so differently.

[ Maybe it should have been common sense, though. She's been immersed in Achamite culture for only a couple months now, but it's felt like much longer. ]