[That's right, Fane! They're all dull! Dull and ugly! Don't even think about it! ... Unless it's a Meridian and you can bang them without being a traitor, that's Hayame's super chill advice!]

I have been praying they will find the task for a year. ... The numbers are few, but. Those numbers contain both our weakest and our most powerful.

[And obviously, it's the latter she cares most about. But.

But.

...]

No. It will not be easy. That is the only sure thing.

Unless we can recreate the effect of the Iconoclast Oracle's trial once again, and render shardbearers powerless, strip him of those unnatural demon abilities.

[She won't let Akua convince her not to shatter him. Not again. (Hah.)]