[The chance to be her friend. Can they be friends? Will they ever be friends? It's possible if she were to let it, perhaps. But would she? To say she hasn't considered it would be false. She's thought about many of the possibilities between them. In a way, having Dohalim come into power where she and the other Dahnans were treated so poorly, it was like having her life saved. If he hadn't come along, surely they would have perished under the hands of the former lord.

Dohalim couldn't have come at a better time.

But the line between servant and friend is thick. It's been important to remember that the line exists. That she must never mistake his treatment of her as anything more than the kindness that a Renan could show a Dahnan. Maybe she's never thought they could be anything but devoted servant and lord. So what are they now?

Betrayed and betrayer.]

You're still a leader. You might not want to be, but you're the only one your people have had. Better than what many of them have had before. People don't know how to lead themselves overnight. They'll still need your guidance, even when they have voices of their own. I don't think you have a lot of self-discovering to do.

[Leaning heavily onto her arms, Kisara tilts her head to the side with some thought.]

Maybe it's more about finding out how to be a better leader. The past can't be changed, but we can all learn from it. Maybe your journey is more to do with bettering what you already do.