In moment of revelation Aurelia finally understands exactly what every member of her family was thinking when they looked at her, when she was angry and hurt and baring her fangs at the world defensively. She’ll even let her calling a healer slide, despite the bitter rage it raises in her. Because…

This is adorable

She smiles, not unkindly and responds. “You are a woman who was beaten to a pulp by demi-gods. I am a woman who has slain them, more than once.”