[ She has yet to work out what she feels for her own -- other than to be defined now by this loss. Aoba was kind, strange though, Ares didn't like her much, though soon, after this for all she does not know it yet, she will lose Romy too, and they will be down again in numbers and she'll force herself to find Petre. For now, this feels like whittling enough, they get to be the honour of being the ones held up as lessons to the others. Forever crippled. What a good lesson they must be now, to the others. She looked miserable enough for anyone. ]

It could go wrong for anyone. [ It's not quite forgiveness, but it's understanding. She was in control of her own actions. But she hadn't been the one to pull the trigger on Parker, either. ] Parker hadn't wanted to be near us. He told me, the first time we ever spoke. He said he didn't want to be here.