I am I am

Katja can pretend, but borders mean nothing unless one has means by which to enforce them. Virgil comes after her daughter, who she wishes to ensure understands that she does not have to stay here even if Katja seeks to keep her prisoner. The goddess cares little that the woman owns these lands; she has little reason to respect the woman, who so clearly cannot see that she is inferior. Virgil's children had nothing to do with this, and whilst she would leave them be should they decide to live with the ebon bitch, the goddess would see to it that they would not be prisoners.

She finds Gaia first of all, curled into her den. "My dear, what a mess I have left," she mumbles, but keeps her distance. "I am so sorry," she says. Should the heiress want the truth now, her mother would be inclined to give it to her.