Lunise looked across to Meesei, before looking ahead and eventually shaking her head. "Mother, as far as I understand, if the battle is lost for my absence, the reason to stay behind will be entirely irrelevant." She met Nytala's eyes again, lowering her voice this time. "And that is to say nothing of those I might lose should I stay behind. Those I care deeply for. It will not be the first time I have lost friends and loved ones to a battle I could not be near."