"It's still been trying to conquer people," K'pandolu muttered, ears going flat for a moment.

She had her suspicions for what Duster asked after, but that would be better answered by Tazendra's double. Instead, K'pandolu frowned. "You know full well there's more in life than battle," she said. "I met a man like that, once. I think, in some ways… a life led that way is poorer." She'd seen, perhaps, enough of herself in that to worry, and to pity Rhitahtyn for it.