[Her tone softens.] Your perspective is still an important one, kadan. You might reach more than you think, but I'll...try to remind them -and myself- that nothing is set in stone yet. But if it does come to pass, I won't be shy about my opinion on that, either. ['Over my rotting corpse' is how she feels about her own blood being drawn, and her friends -and love- deserve no less.]

I won't get in the way of that, but just say the word and I'll have the good wine ready for afterward.