Then maybe you oughta go and find someone ain't been working for a maniac to try. This is one fuck of an 'if' to go betting other folks' lives on.

[ but she just sounds resigned. not like she expects anyone to listen to her on this (why start now?); not like she's got a choice to leave. the inquisition is full of bleeding hearts, and those — well, they've got a way of staining. ]