[His words cause her to look at him angrily, though she keeps her tone quiet so as not to draw attention to themselves.]

I would not say that. At least not completely. My defiance allowed me to shave the lives of several people. Three were children and one was injured... He would have died without my assistance.

[It still caused her some pain to speak of the vents from that night. Mostly because she could still see the expression of pain on his face and knew he had come very close to dying. Coming here had been to escape that night just as much as it had been to leave behind the wrath of her king.]