[Les saw that look and brushed it off for the time being. They'd cross that bridge when they came to it, she figured. Truth be told before they added her magic to their combat training, she likely needed to dedicate some good time to it in general.

At the question, Les paused and considered her answer. It had changed over the years. Later, when she undoubtedly wondered why she shared so much, so soon with Nariko, she'd likely blame the endorphins and the workout.]

At first? Yes, I did. We both did. [Les walked over to where she'd placed her water and picked it up. It was clearly a move that forced her to pause. She didn't talk about this much. Les took a long drink before she continues.]

Now? No. I understand why they did it. They had been worried that our ancestors would find us and take us away for training so we could dedicate our lives, our very obnoxiously long fucking lives to this destiny. At the cost of not having a life. [She turned to look at Nariko.] If that had been our lives... maybe she'd still be around. They both would be.