You would think I would feel right at home. [A bitter scoff escaped her.] I keep talking about how much freedom this place has afforded me but... I am just as collared as I was before. It just so happens that this cage is gilded.

[Church was right about everything, of course. Kip had attempted to instill some kind of optimism in her, but really... deep down she didn't feel it. Even her half-cocked plan with Ardyn seemed impossible and nothing more.]

The way this keeps going, we will wind up in there at some point anyway. Perhaps it might be better to do it on our own terms. To go down swinging.

[Just like she told herself she wanted to, but never had the courage to do.]