[Silly girl, thinks Lien. But she doesn't say that aloud. Connor's question is proving difficult to answer, not because there isn't one but because there's a lot that comes with it.]

... Humans always want an edge over one another. Psychics especially. You got the idea of how much power she has. So for the longest time, our superiors would use her as leverage; to strike fear into others.

But you know by now right? At her core, she's good. She's gentle.

[A shrug.]

They don't accept that about her. No use for a bleeding heart.