[Her attention turns onto the tree in question. She can't say why he'd arrive at such a conclusion, but there's no reason for her to have formed such an opinion herself. To her, it is only a tree, potentially a slight to this world that she would have so little reverence for it. How he equates the presence of the tree to 'balance' is beyond her.

And if she's honest (sometimes tactlessly so), she can't say she cares about those particular details. At least, not until it begins to impact her personally. Evidently old habits do, in fact, die hard.

In the end, it is a little heartening that she's not the only one with such a heavy interest in understanding her situation and making a more properly informed decision than one she feels rushed into making. Not because she needs someone else to reinforce her very firm resolve, but because someone with a similar mindset, with a similar cause, may be someone she can make use of at a later point in time.]

I haven't decided what will meet my standards yet.

[She hasn't been here long enough to put her own proverbial roots down in such a way. Her feelings, her perspective, is all fresh and brought on by the same emotional state that bid her to chase a man down who'd attempted to take everything from her. It's just missing the rage.]

I'll know it when I see it, though. It won't be something that's just given to me. It will be something that I discover for myself.