Mayae reclined near the entrance, watching the three women rest, and wrestled with the very question that Leinin asked her. Not having a good answer when she was asked, she sighed and responded, "At the moment, I want respect, as what I do, I do out of a need to protect those who follow me. I warned your brother every night that the longer he held me and abused those I cherished, the worse I would strike back at him and his, to return his favors two or even four fold. What the twins did to you was about what he and the snake women did to myself, but returned in a much shorter time. I now consider the past just that, past, and will not view it as anything other than an experience form which I learned something useful, in this case, how to cast spells without words.<br/><br/>For now, simply act as you would have before, but keep the cold attitude pushed away, as affection toward your new sisters will get you further with me than trying to be superior."<br/><br/>Closing her eyes, she figures that might help her a bit and then asks, "You said that you had no parents, when we met for the first time after my freeing. What do you mean by that? That your parents are dead, or that you are a construct of some kind?"