Raven nodded numbly. She was still trying to process what Momoko had told her and what Ender had said at the service with what Hilshire hadn't denied to her about just what kind of life Triela had lived, but what mattered now was that she was at peace.

"I wanted to try harder to save her, but she would not allow me to do so," she said. No one had wanted her to try again because of the risk to her own life, and while she hated to admit it, part of her had been glad for that. Her Pride wouldn't let her admit something might be too much for her to handle, but she still feared dying again.