[Mia shuts her eyes as she listens. It all stings for many reasons- for not being able to protect Phoenix and Maya from dangers like this, and for barely knowing how to handle them herself. But as he finishes speaking, she shakes her head and speaks clearly. Now isn't the time to be cryptic.]

You haven't disappointed me, Phoenix.

It's... cruel, that it went this way before you even had the chance to understand what we're up against. If there had been some better way to prepare you... then I'm sorry, for not having found it.

Things here, fate... it doesn't abide to the rules of the world we're used to. The rules are different. And I can't say that if I was in your position, now, with what I've seen... that I wouldn't have done the same.