Good idea. Unfortunately, Callisto is less discerning; she grabs a pristine, nearly new dish towel and savagely rips it in half.

"I mean exactly what I said. A fearsome, savage, murderous warlord named Xena came to town, burned it and my family, and then skipped merrily away. And when years later she had a sudden attack of remorse, she refashioned herself into a hero of the people. She let them call her a good person, and let them forget."

Here, Callisto's voice lowers into something a bit more somber, but no less unyielding.

"But I won't let that happen."