How very charitable of you. The words hover on the back of her tongue, but she swallows them easily; open defiance has never been her way. She can hear the warning, and it doesn't surprise her. Not with the way both he and Law had come after her earlier.

And... well, as much as it rankles to have her fresh start tainted, she can't say it isn't fair. Germa has been responsible for terrible things. She has been responsible.

"That is my entire intent," she says instead, accepting the condition he places. "I would hope that I can be judged by my actions instead of by my family."