[Then, perhaps, it's too late to change herself. It's something that Maketh has suspected for a long time, that she's still too much of an Imperial to ever be anything else. The Empire no longer has a use for her, but the protocols remain. And loving someone as much as she loves Emily and Henry cannot change that.
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Perhaps that's always been true.
Maketh closes her eyes. She's tired again.]
Your honesty is appreciated, Doctor Sweets.