No...not really. Other than the knowledge that she'd be delaying the inevitable. She was the sort of person who...would want to face what was going to happen with her head held high. She wouldn't want her attackers to know just how afraid she really was.
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[Ishi shakes his head there, though, trying not to linger on those thoughts.]
...you were with her last night, weren't you?
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Yes...I was. Did you see me while you were using your new ability?
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[He pauses slightly longer, this time.]
...was anything amiss, when you were there? If you're able to answer.
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No...we were just playing a board game.
[He pauses again.]
...but she had to leave, just shortly before curfew. The last thing she said to me, I think she must have known what was about to happen.
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[His brow furrows, there, trailing off before he asks a little more softly:]
... what was it that she said?
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[Ion's breath catches, and closing his eyes, he looks out to the sea once again.]
She asked me...if I would play for her. And I told her that I would.
[...]
Until the very end.
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[he considers a moment, before-]
Do you have any idea why she would have gone, at that time?
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No...not really. Other than the knowledge that she'd be delaying the inevitable. She was the sort of person who...would want to face what was going to happen with her head held high. She wouldn't want her attackers to know just how afraid she really was.