Falis met the man's gaze levelly. Her eyes still reflected how subdued she felt, accepting the man's contempt as she was well aware that she deserved it. A part of her was very numb to all this, having been in this situation before, but it didn't make her hate herself any less. She understood why it existed within her, thanks to Dominikov's explanations, but she still hated that she sometimes needed it to continue to live.

"If you try to kill me, it will be a fatal mistake on your part, but I do understand what you mean," she replied. "Far more than you could possibly know."