"Hasn't everyone?" she asked back, with a slight laugh, shifting her weight a bit into a more relaxed posture. "Fate can deal a really difficult, painful hand. But I made it through to the end doing the right thing, so that's what I can take pride in."

The end, huh...

"I may not have 'fixed' society, or anything like that... I might not have made things better. But I believe in them... I think it's in human nature to want to connect to others. And bonds like that are what help people that are struggling through the worst of it. Even if humanity was crying out for death, I won't let Her reach them - I want them to have the chance to make it through that despair."