[ She could be right. It had even been the case that, in some sense, Kainé had done a great deal of violence simply because of who she was and who were victims were. It's something that she still thinks was justified- she has to tell herself that, anyway. This bullshit might just be in their nature, but the idea of just befriending them angers her in principle. ]

Sure. Who knows.

[ Well, how about that. ]

I figured it'd be something like that. Mariana wouldn't be doing this if she was just trying to drown you. She'd just flatten your ass with a tsunami.