"You would be greatly surprised, child," he said to the younger girl. "Though if the gods are kind, you will likely never find out." There were reasons that drove people to fight, to hurt, and to kill that no child should know.

Though he suspected the elder one did. He nodded to her. "As you say. I suspect that words would do little to sway her in any case. Allow your deeds to speak for you then, and take care that they speak truly of your change of heart."