Rational thought couldn't break into her mind, not when the part of her that could respond to it had been twisted past all reason. Quite literally twisted until it no longer interacted with the world the way a soul should.

Yet she made no hostile or aggressive move. Her purpose was not to capture, especially not here. A fight would serve no one's purposes.

"What has changed," she said, ice-cold, "is that I see now where everyone's priorities lie. Yours among them."