[ A low, reverberating chuckle, like crackling fire. Then the ticking gets louder, almost painful to hear ]

No. You are merely a pawn in their games, either too weak too be threatened or too good to be seen as a threat.

They will never accept your way: that of peace, and tranquility, and caring for those who have fallen, as the way the world ought to be. It is simply antithesis to their views of white and gray and black.

No, you are too innocent for this world, heroine.

Far, far too innocent.