"It doesn't do anything for me," she says - honestly, but maybe not entirely angrily. "Pity doesn't touch me, and it won't bring them back. The only thing you could do that I care about is to associate Xena's name with her crimes, not her piss-poor heroism."

But that isn't quite true. Donna had also asked, and then listened to the answer - and if Callisto didn't care about being heard, she wouldn't scream so loudly about her pain.

"Now. How are we going to light these on fire?"