"It sounds callous but true. But he doesn't get it yet." She shrugged, took another sip of her tea. She held little faith in the concept of the separation of a fight into clear divisions. It hadn't worked out well for any of them, and it was better to simply accept it ahead of time.

Her mouth twitched a bit at that, almost into a frown, because she made a point of keeping no one absolutely vital to her but Kanaya's work was rather important in conjunction. "We'll be looking for your return. Hopefully it'll go quickly and smoothly."