[Diana knows it was the right choice, the only choice. But losing the only family she might have had outside the Amazons had still left an unexpected and deep wound, one she's worked hard not to acknowledge. Hearing the young woman say aloud what Diana herself knows is a sort of excision she hadn't known she'd needed. A noise catches in her throat, one of grief held back by determination, and she shakes her head, the movement jerky.]
He would not have.
[She had known as much, the moment they had held the Lasso of Hestia at the same time. It had shown her the truth of his heart, how deeply he had believed in his purpose and that he would do anything to achieve his goal.
She can no longer think about that battle, the losses she'd suffered, and though it is wrong of her to pry, she asks:] Did you escape those men?
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He would not have.
[She had known as much, the moment they had held the Lasso of Hestia at the same time. It had shown her the truth of his heart, how deeply he had believed in his purpose and that he would do anything to achieve his goal.
She can no longer think about that battle, the losses she'd suffered, and though it is wrong of her to pry, she asks:] Did you escape those men?