Maybe that's the only way they know how to get help. And even if it isn't, they don't deserve to die, just for hurting us.

❰ much as adalia thinks that would be easier, a lot of the time, or more satisfying. in the end she always regrets hurting people she doesn't have to, and she would regret hurting the inquisition — and hurting alacruun, if the time came — most of all. avoidable bloodshed should always be avoided, no matter what her base urges tell her in the moment. there has to be a way to salvage this — the inquisition and alacruun both. ❱

No confidence doesn't mean we shouldn't try. We have to try. The alternative is giving up, letting people die for nothing but our freedom.