[ She's quiet for a moment after Pyra speaks, before softly exhaling, her ears still lowered in the consideration of it. ]

There... was once a time when I believed those were the only paths worth pursuing further.

[ The higher the risk, then surely the greater the discovery to follow. The thirst for knowledge, from a time she barely remembers, yet she knows this all to be true, for how it rallies against her more cautious nature now. ]

But here... I am not alone. I have lost too much for others to suffer from... future mistakes I may make.