Yes, minimizing the casualties was a good idea in her book as well. It was definitely inevitable to deal with people dying. It was a natural process in these kinds of dangerous situations, and finding a safer ground for the civilians that were saved. Death didn't affect her but it still made her worry about how many more deaths there are. That was also true, but they both have their own dark pasts to deal with.

"Unfortunately," she replied giving him a bit of a sigh, "Yes. That is true we can minimize damage. That's all we can hope for. There's not enough of us to save everyone."

She was being realistic here because it was the truth. There was no way things would run as smoothly as they should anyway. If that was the case, saving people would always be easy, "Indeed, I do not wish for them to see a permanent death. There's much to be done and we cannot lose them," she mused briefly as she walked over, looking at the people encased in the crystals. Selen kept a straight face as Gaara said those words to her. Well, she did know that Luke had a lot of things going on with him. Some of which she knew of and some she didn't know of. She did remember that they talked about his crystallized companions.

"So I have heard from him. the boy does seem down. I think he's doing better from the last time I see him, but I am not sure since I haven't seen him since."