After a few, tense moments of silence, Meesei finally turned her head towards Sabine. The immense regret she felt was painted across her face. "I wanted to change things for us. I...do not think I was tricked. No, I was not lied to. Mora did not lie. I just convinced myself I could do the impossible. I thought it was all going to be worth it in the end. I thought all the time I sacrificed would be returned tenfold. I just hurt you, did I not? I hurt everyone. And squandered the time we do have doing it."

Meesei looked down towards the ground, though she also turned herself towards Sabine and somewhat farther from the cliff. "I do not know if I can recover from this. My body might heal, but can I be trusted now? Do I deserve to be trusted? How much doubt have I sown among the clans? I hardly even know what has been going on in the world since I absorbed myself into that book. I do not even know what has been happening to the clans in my absence. All I remember is vague pestering from Saras about responsibilities I was ignoring. Have the clans been faring poorly?"