Hawke agrees, overall, but she has that insecurity. It's hard not to see someone who was supposed to love you betraying you and not wonder how long it was. Was she always so much a fool? "It took him some time to get to that point. Our lives became more desperate ...." There was a time, when they were first together, when they thought maybe things were getting better. And for a time they did.

That reassurance was helpful, and it let her reframe her thoughts. Hawke wasn't easily shaken, and she finds that strength in her, to coat her over with armor again. She nods firmly at Aqua, in thanks. "You're right. Thank you."

They will have a bigger picture problem in a second as the other memories come fast, and their stranded status comes into play. But at least she'll be stronger when she has to face that.

[And wrap here if that's okay, trying to catch up to now things!]