Ridahne gave a dry chuckle. "That's a nice way of putting what happened. I killed many people before I ever started saving them. I'll never know how many deserved it and how many didn't. But...I understand. There's a lot of weight on your young shoulders, and that's a lot to handle for anyone. If it makes you feel any more...normal, I'd be pretty overwhelmed too, if I were in your position. I spent most of my life learning how to defend myself and others, how to fight, how to survive in harsh environments, how to navigate the courts of royalty...and even I'm scared, doing this. I'd probably be more concerned if you weren't scared, to some degree. I think that just sort of comes with the position, really..." She offered a wry smile that was full of both sympathy and understanding. 

"It's a right mess we're in, but somehow I've got this feeling that you'd know if things weren't going well. You have...senses. An instinct or something that guides you to do things, like you did today to meet that councilman and his aide. And it tells you when things are wrong, like when Mark," she spat to the side, her face wrinkling in hatred and disgust, "first showed up. You might not know ahead of time how things will play out, but I think when the important moments come, you'll know what to do. It will guide you as it already has. If you were running out of time and failing miserably, I think you'd know." 

An uloia drifted onto Ridahne's forehead and she blew it away with an awkwardly aimed puff of air. As if mildly offended, the creature took flight again  and floated just above her head instead. "Tomorrow we can go the the Archives if you like, and you might be able to find something useful. Either history of past Gardners, or potentially, if we dig deep enough, there may be more recent records of visions people have had concerning you. They are very good about recording them here, we almost never do in Azurei unless it's something obviously significant." Ridahne wondered then, for the first time, if her own vision had been recorded. Certainly it counted as significant, but there was also a chance that it was sort of swept under the rug a bit in case she'd been lying to cheat death. She doubted they'd do that, but...she couldn't put it past them, either. "Anyway, maybe you can find some piece of useful information, or maybe just get to know some things about your newly adopted ancestors."