You've seen inside my head! You know what I grew up with. ( She could explode with it, but she statd calm until the next part and then it's a painful crack un her voice rather than anything vicious. )

You saw that and you're angry with me for keeping you from beating a kid? Punch first, ask questions later? What am I meant to do, see a kid get hit and just assume the person swinging is in the right because they're family? Because I was the rough kid that probably needed a firm hand. If I had a bruise or two, well, blind eyes got turned. I'm-- I'm not the person who can turn a blind eye for family, I have to ask. I had to have his back because I needed someone to have mine and--

( She just... stops. )

I screwed up, okay? I should have believed you. And I'm trying to protect your family, too.

( Because it sounds like Sarissa's not counted in it any more and she's doing a bad job at not looking devastated. )