"Listen..." She sits down on the ground, legs crossed and with the shinai across her lap.

"You ain't responsible fer their deaths. You didn't pull th' trigger, so ta speak. 'S like this, yer teachin' me how ta fight with a sword. Now if I were ta go an' strike someone down using what ya teach me, would ya then be responsible fer it? Yer givin' me the tools ta do it, right? Well, if we ignore the tools I already got. Or if I went an' got myself killed because of somethin' someone did ta me, would that person then be ta blame? No. Ev'ryone makes their own choices." So sayeth logic, according to Jelani, and she's not even done yet.

"An' the thing 'bout bonds? An' trust? That can be rebuilt. Ya say he hates ya. That means ya matter. Because for people who don't matter, there's no need ta feel much 'bout anythin'. An' hate fer someone who used ta be close? That can be turned. Surprisingly easily, I've come ta notice."

She has even more to say, thought, ideas and opinions whirling around in her head. But let's see if anything of this sparks something first.