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[adamance]

WISDOM passing on her legacy, her knowledge, and showing a willingness for more	COMPASSION looking upon her people with care, with hope, and understanding a different layer of strength
STRENGTH strength is more than just mere words or mere actions—it is everything	PURPOSE being born for this

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[adamance]

( I am not offering you my assistance lightly, Ilde. )

[Lexa can be patient with people who are both childish and irritable, she just doesn't feel like it most of the time. Especially when she's putting herself out there.]

[erbier]

[ The pressure of her own name sits on her chest, forcing her to remember herself. It feels like a trap suddenly cinching tight. She can't do this to herself. Can't work herself up in this way, her thrashing is only doing her more harm. ]

( I know. I'm sorry. )

[ Genuine, but flush with pain. Her inexperience makes every shard of mirror past her defenses bleed all the more. ]

[adamance]

( Consider my offer. I know the burden of survival. I can do what I can so that you can move freely here. )

[She doesn't expect it to be accepted now. The sentiments passed to her by Ilde tell her that she is possibly too emotional to make a decision at the moment. Lexa doesn't have those same emotional waves (at least, in the sense that it comes with unsteady lashing out), but she knows that they are difficult to overcome to come to a point of rationality.]

[erbier]

( I will. I just... )

[ Her thoughts pull back, deciding not to try to explain herself. She needs a little more time, to consider all that she has discussed with Cathaway, with Prince, with Ren, with Angel, with Lexa. There is a great deal, all vying for her understanding. ]

( I will. )

[ Just a little more time. ]

[adamance]

[She had sensed exactly this, and that this would be necessary.]

( No matter what you choose, please keep me informed. I do not wish for this experience to be more difficult for you. )

[It's a kindness, but everything with Lexa comes with multiple layers. She wants the other Hosts to manage so that they can work as a unit that doesn't inconvenience one another. She does not judge Ilde for her failings, believing them to be the result of where she came from before. But still, she wants her to struggle less here, and she's not above doing something that benefits herself as well.]