[ It usually is the other way around, yes, but K'thisru knows she will always be there for her sister to lean on if she needs her. And now it seems as though she does, so she does not shy away from doing her part. ]

But is it running off? The war in Ishgard might have ended, but that doesn't mean that there is no work left there to do or ways that you can help. I am certain that Aymeric would be grateful for any assistance you could offer, both in the city and elsewhere.

[ If the situation were different, she would have tipped Alkaid a wink, but neither of them are really in a jesting mood right now, so she refrains. ]

I'm not sure I do either. I think she'll have to stop her parading around and learn a little, if she can. [ Fine words coming from her, she thinks, because she knows full well that she is every bit as reckless as Lyse seems to be. But she's not the one telling people how to feel or act. ]

She has some lessons she has to learn. [ Like she has had to learn, and a few others of their number such as Alphinaud. ]

I suppose so, but I still wonder how things might have looked if we'd taken another path.