Aristas thought that Miri didn’t understand love. That she cared nothing for others. That all that mattered to her was power. But he was wrong. Miri didn’t just understand love, she felt love. She just had learned to hide her feelings from the world, after all, some people would hate you for merely existing. She loved, she understood loyalty, and she learned from every mistake she made. Yes she had made mistakes. Miri had passionately charged down dangerous paths she wouldn’t have considered if not desperate. 

But Miri wasn’t an idiot.