[Of course. Family. That changes things for most people. Parents will do extraordinary things to protect their children - or so she's been told. Maketh doesn't remember much about her parents. They died while she was still in training. But she's grown close to Emily since coming here and that, perhaps, is as close a bond to mother and daughter as Maketh will ever know.

So she understands, in the end. She'd do anything to protect the people she loves. Unlike her lieutenants, who are long dead now, Maketh cares for the people here. She feels it like a physical ache in her chest and sometimes the intensity of it scares her.]

A practical sentiment in this place. Hope especially likes to proclaim his benevolence, but the truth of it is never far from the surface.

[She finishes her coffee and sets the mug aside.]

I have family here too, family of my choosing. So you understand there is nothing I will not do to protect them. We understand each other, don't we, Regis?