[just love her and trust her. it should be that easy. it is that easy, frankly; kainé is not difficult to love, and she trusts her with more things than anna herself even realizes. the weak link here is anna, in her mind, but she would think that. it's the part about being reckless that gets to her. how she had to learn that the hard way, and how all the lessons from when she'd lost her eye came crashing back to her. she has something to lose now—she has a lot of somethings to lose.]

It's hard to imagine you being reckful, Ange. [she smiles, and she squeezes her friend's hand, and she ignores the memory of the scars from last winter.] But you've got me on a good path there. You and her... and everyone who cares about me. I don't think I realized what I had when I lost my eye, but a lot of people were kind of saying the same thing to me. Don't be so reckless, don't do things alone that'll put you in danger...

I think I'm getting better at settling down. I mean, hell, John's done enough to piss me off lately that I could fistfight him ten times over. [a weak smile.] But I guess I have to leave some lessons for Sensei Lawrence to learn.