It's almost refreshing, in a way. I don't want to go back to the way things were, when the invasion came - that was too much. Too much violence, too serious. I want to be able to breathe, to be able to let myself stretch my powers a little, maybe use some of the less powerful stuff I have.

N-not that I think this'll be easy, mind you! [Very slightly defensive; she's backpedaling a little, and her face colors a tiny bit. That came out wrong.] But if it's less than that fight for everything that we'd been trying to protect, I'll be okay.