Maybe it's because we failed.

[Seeing what they're seeing now, there is no way to deny that truth. She failed. Quan failed. Her father and Sigurd failed. Lewyn, Ayra, Brigid, Claud... all of their efforts were for naught.]

We tried to stand against Grannvale when we realized what it had become--but they had already forced us out of its borders with false charges. Its military was so strong. [That had, at one time, been something Ethlyn was proud of.] We took up arms against it... but....

[She shakes her head helplessly.]