Rory's reply cracks a fissure in Freya's tightly guarded walls. Not just the ones built over the past two days, but the deep seeded loneliness she's felt over the course of her life. At least the curse on her, the banishment from hundreds of years ago from the Realm, explains her lack of support in her life. Being taken from her friends, her family, her lover – the last one sticks in her throat.
She feels as if a new energy blossoms in her gut, an assurance. The lost part of her reaching out, asking Freya to trust them. To listen to them, and fight for herself. Causing an overwhelming urge to regain her memories, her powers, and her life that had been so easily ripped from her.
“I'm going to need a better answer than that," Freya responds, despite the new feelings surging inside her. S
