"I admit... one of the hardest realizations I ever had in that place was the moment I looked upon her and realized that the nightmare was just the last glimmers of the power of a poor girl who'd never done anything wrong. I... I could never fault any of you for your choices in how you tried to help her. Whatever actually happened, most of you actually did want that poor girl to have peace." She sighed as she said it, resting her forehead on her hand and smiling sadly at him.

"We did what we could for her, Varian. I will carry her memory in my heart, but now... I am sure of one thing. She wanted us to continue on, and I will do that."

(OOC: I know I'm wrapping up some stuff, but I feel like this one has a couple tags left in it, to finish the thought. They're sort of at an important conversational point re: Julia here. I'll continue this as long as you like, teef.)