[ Gebura gives her head a quick shake, ponytail resettling instead of the thick strands of hair clinging to her neck. Ishmael was likely going through an equally rough time of it. ]

In the end, it all comes back to revenge. Someone's revenge after years upon years of being used as a means to an end, without acknowledgement. Someone's revenge after losing someone they loved. And that drew more people in, and then the ones seeking to avenge them, though there were also the ones who just wanted power.

[ ... There's a sense of weariness in her voice. ]

I've been through hell. I was unable to protect what I wanted to, almost completely, and that nearly destroyed me several times over. But I also never for a second believed we were right to have done what we did in the Library.

So all I can do now is take responsibility where I can and deal with anything else as it comes. Even here, I'm not intending to forget that.