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blixen is honest, it's in the brittleness of her voice; and for that blodreina feels a measure of relief. at least, perhaps, she can show blixen that she's not alone in a way that she couldn't for heda. but there is something about the words not in the way i should be that doesn't sit well with blodreina. what do you mean in the way you should be? no one should expect you to act like heda's death doesn't affect you. blodreina couldn't imagine having to act like kendra's death hadn't affected her. it still did, even to this day. she may not think about the woman as often as she first had but there is a part of the gona's heart that died with her and her death helped shape blodreina. just because you are our leader doesn't mean you can't grieve. but there is a part of blodreina that thinks this is why the commanders should not have family. it's too painful for both: the commanders and the family when something happens.

no, blodreina replies in agreement. in an ideal world heda would still be with us and there'd be a fos goufa to take her place. but the world they lived in was never ideal. things rarely went according to plan and all they could do was adapt. but the world isn't ideal. and we have to adapt because it's all we can do. adapt and keep moving forward. it wasn't fair but the world was cruel and it did not operate in the terms of justice and fairness.