Pg 157 G: Do you just feel no remorse? V: For what, do you ask, if I am remorseful? Variks has— G: For putting my guardian in this position, Variks. Playing dumb won’t work on me, so don’t even try it. V: …Shadow is more than capable of making her own choices. You cannot control her. G: Nor can you. V: I do not seek to. [silence] G: I tried to support this Variks, I did; I’m still trying. But you make it [i]so[/i] difficult! Do you expect me to just forget everything you’ve done?! To act like you didn’t get Cayde killed? He was her mentor, her friend. V: I am sorry about Cayde… I never meant for— G: But you did. You chose that path. And now [i]my[/i] guardian is paying for it. Do you have any idea what she went through for you? Constant ridicule, she was an outcast in her own home. V: I am no stranger to such a thing. Is this not why she found a home with me? G: You’re not a home. You’re not safe for her. V: I never promised her safety. You have always claimed I took her away, yet she was not happy with them. She sought me out. G: Right, she’s happier on this traveler-forsaken frozen moon, wanted by the city and the awoken, and being treated like utter sh*t for your sake. Now your “Kell” communes with darkness? You’re leading my guardian straight into the ground. V: I am trying to do what is right for my people. She wishes to help me, I cannot say no... This is a conversation you should have with her, not I. G: You think I haven’t already tried? Variks, Shadow should be protecting her people right now! [i]Not yours![/i] V: Shadow loves my people just as she loves her own. You seek to chain her down to a single system... But my Shadow is a woman of many stars. G: ….She thinks you’re really something. [silence] G: I don’t see it.