[To this, Seviilia reaches up again to cup the other girl's chin with a hand wrapped in leather, protecting her skin from its cold. She is gentle in how she tips it upward, to force Asuka to meet her eyes.]

The world does not care if you weep for it. It will turn, with or without your pity.

[If she learned nothing else from Aelaidas and Cassian, it was that nothing was ever held sacred for long.]

Vengeance is pure intent. You are not less for desiring it.