If you had stayed, Clarke would have had to see the remains of your body. And that's if she lived to experience it. [The words are harsh and concise, but everyone came here for the same reason: there was the threat of death hanging over their heads. It is in their nature to survive. Some are willing to sacrifice more than just their worlds for this opportunity. Others are like Bellamy and Lexa, who cling to the memory of their homes because it defines them too strongly. They are protectors in their own way, Bellamy not unlike Indra, a general who needs to be guided, but is trusted just the same.]

We were not selfish to come here. In fact, we gave up more to make that choice, because we didn't just survive, we ensured that our people would, too. [To a degree, it seems as if she needs to believe this. But more than that, she fears what Polis may have become if she had been ripped away by these Enemies, and whether or not Clarke would have survived that experience. Clarke (freshly gone, with Lexa still having the taste of her on her lips) had been on her mind when she took the hand of her savior. But there is Titus and the women who did her hair every morning and more.

These are people who should not have been lost, either.]

If it turns out that we are here because of something more than what that seems, we will put an end to it. [If it means sacrificing themselves and the Nest in the process—so be it.

It will just be another way to protect their own.]