Yes. They are. But I know a woman who had been offered complete protection for the majority of her people. She had been brought into a facility not unlike the Station, and offered the chance to live life without worries. [There's a hint of fondness here, that doesn't necessarily connect to the words themselves. No, actually: there's a hint of love, adoration. Lexa can't hide that.]

She didn't believe what was offered to her and her own. When she challenged it, reality revealed itself. She had to fight to free her people, and the end result cost her. Changed her.

[Left out is Lexa's guilt over her involvement. She takes full responsibility for those changes, even as she doesn't regret protecting her people.]

I wouldn't say that it's without a cause. Your cause is to survive. It all comes back to the same point. [Tidy. Neat. Almost like a narrative that Lexa has built up in her head.

She acknowledges that her paranoia might be wrong, and that Angel's simple acceptance of everything may be right. But she doesn't want to give voice to that.

She doesn't want to let that idea take hold, not before she's absolutely certain.]