[ There's a revelatory thought. She's always talked about protecting people, but it's always been in the context of killing. Kill Insurrectionists, and by the very nature of the act you're protecting the people. Battle, death itself, was objectively a good thing because of the deaths it would prevent in the future.
She never thought about it from the other direction. Fight to protect, not to subdue. Fight to save, not to kill.
The world blurs, and she realizes with surprise that she's about to cry. She clears her throat, blinks, but it doesn't help. ]
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She never thought about it from the other direction. Fight to protect, not to subdue. Fight to save, not to kill.
The world blurs, and she realizes with surprise that she's about to cry. She clears her throat, blinks, but it doesn't help. ]