"That was not your fault." Meesei replied firmly. "He had the proof of what he said, but I was too impatient, too angry to let him show me."

Meesei attempted to calm herself at least enough to allow herself to speak clearly, rather than being strained through her own sobbing. "Their alpha is okay. You do not need to worry about him; it was my mistake, and I can be the one to deal with it. I just want to know that you are going to be okay, Sabine. I know you are strong enough to overcome all of those terrible things that happened to you. You do not need the Hist or any sort of divine intervention, to deal with the pain. Perhaps as a child you did, but they did not do anything for you that you were not already capable of doing for yourself. If anything, they just helped you use the strength of your own spirit."