Steel's fingers curled closed in to a fist, which she withdrew in to her lap. Her jaw tightened and her brow creased slightly.
"My past has been buried. I would see those responsible suffer at my hands, so that no others may again."
She stared at a few lines of grain in the wood of the table before her, not acknowledging Matahina's movement to a standing position. "I had tried valor. To follow an example. But it was hollow truth and empty promise." She nodded, as if in reaffirmation. "No. No, power is what is missing. That has to be the missing link."
"My past has been buried. I would see those responsible suffer at my hands, so that no others may again."
She stared at a few lines of grain in the wood of the table before her, not acknowledging Matahina's movement to a standing position. "I had tried valor. To follow an example. But it was hollow truth and empty promise." She nodded, as if in reaffirmation. "No. No, power is what is missing. That has to be the missing link."
