In that, then, perhaps we are something of the same. At this stage of my life, I am not certain where else I ought to have fit into.

[Her reputation has kept her rooted to this point. But what other origin story could she have had?]

By now, I feel as though I have carried a sword for so long that it is the only thing I am capable of doing. I believe if I tried to live as an ordinary woman, I would fail quite catastrophically.

[She smiles then, but it's entirely hollow and with something of a self-deprecating humour.]