Why, thus far, we have strength in numbers, in loyalty, and have taken more oracles.

[ Her smile is serene, for only a moment, before it split into something sharper. ]

Besides, they have me. I do not accept losses.

[ Says Akua Sahelian, the woman who'd encountered loss after loss at the hands of Catherine Foundling, up until she'd had her heart ripped out.

Then when she started winning, she hated it. But we won't talk about that! That's not important!! ]

It is not why I fight for Meridian, of course, but I refuse to accept defeat. If I am proven wrong, well. It will not be the first time I died.

[ YEAH, HOWL JENKINS. ]