Jade Fern Grove slay the nemean lion

She blinked. She shrugged. 

"Fair." She said. After all, he seemed like the sort who wouldn't hesitate to harm or distance her from those she loved. She'd begun to fear his potential, and what he could do the life she'd worked so hard to build, and the inkling of regret could be recognized when she felt some sort of relief at his dismissal. 

"Perhapth then, it would be betht for you to purthue greatneth on your own-" She reasoned, "But conthider, maybe, the potential of having an ally." It might suit them both more, after all, if there was some space between them- together, they might just create calamity...But aligned, perhaps they would both be fortified.