[ Her body shifts away from him now, not consciously, but the sudden distance is noticeable. ]

... All I ask is that you keep some sort of watch on him. Guards, mercenaries, I do not care. Whoever he is now, and whoever he was then... Something was already there. The Rune must have drawn on something. He can act as apologetic as he wants, but he tore the country apart and caused thousands to die for his own selfish desires and nothing will change that.

[ She moves to push herself up off the ground now. ]