That was all she had to hear. Numbly, she nodded. It didn't seem fair, not at all. "I guess that means that nothing that happens here matters," she whispered, heart heavy with that realization.

"I don't think I want to go back then." She had said it before, that she wasn't sure she did, but now she knew, although her reasons were different. Instead, she clung on to Larsa, drawing comfort from his proximity.