"I think as long as there is an ADI, they'll be hurting the people who work for them," Yelena says. "Or using them to make sacrifices to the Hunt, which isn't much better."

Her hands clench at her sides, and it's a moment before she can force her closed fingers loose again. She doesn't regret the kills she's made, or played a part in making. The circus avatars, Ava, the cult rooted into the Church of Holy Light, Ren and her victims, beyond saving - they had been necessary. But the thought that the blood might have fed Nia, fed her patron...

Being a tool with which someone else cemented their power, again. The thought makes her want to break something.

"But we can get our people out, the ones who are willing."