[He's angry with her. It makes her want to shy away, at first, to let it go. But no - no, this is too important, and she can see beyond the hard, glinting edges to something they share, something warm and wounded.

Why does everyone I care about die?

She blinks, hard.]

You - make decisions for us. Push us away, so you don't...lose anyone else.

[She takes a breath, deep and steady.] I - understand. But it's not - that's...

[Her eyes fall.] When Stephanie died, I knew...she would want me to live. For her. [She didn't die, not really, but it still feels like she did and Cass knows she'll carry that for a long time.]

So I - made friends. In Bludhaven. And then - I lost them. Couldn't... [She closes her eyes tight, for a moment. They're bright, when she opens them.]

But they helped teach me - how to be Cassandra. And if I stopped - doing that, it would...be wrong. To their memory.