[...But Martel's delaying tactics don't last as long as she'd hoped them to, and she sighs again.]

...None of it sounds real no matter how many times I repeat the words. Dying. Mithos and you fighting. I can't even pretend that it never happened, because it really never happened, not to me. It would be unfair to judge anyone for things that never happened, wouldn't it? So I won't. Time starts today, and it will be whatever we make of it.

[She stops to think for a moment.]

Did you meet people like this? From after you?