[Alisaie winces a little bit when he mentions Sche's personal hell. She may not know for certain, based on some of the stuff Sche's told her, she can take a little bit of a guess.

But wow!!! All of that sounds terrible!!!]

I think I understand. 'Tis similar to my pride in spilling the Lord Regent's dust, even though he disabled me but a moment later. We so often come out of these ventures on our last legs that to score even a minor victory against these foes feels significant. For me it was injuring him. For you, it was robbing her of aught she might miss.

[It's stupid and reckless and petty and so incredibly Spike that she can't help the smile that comes to her face. What an idiot.]

How did you escape from those hells? I can't imagine it were easy to find the ability to move in such a place.