I'm not saying you have to - and you're welcome, by the by - only that the option is there. Talking's certainly easier than living a hard thing.

[She's lost track of how many times the sad story of her life has been trodden for the Consortium mediasphere. Every new reporter that crops up wants to ask her about it, talk at length, see if they can prise any new information out of her. Sometimes, she regrets saying yes to Liranya. She'd follow the woman to the ends of any earth, to be certain, but she's tired of being nettled.]