She sounds a little irritated, a little embarrassed. She’s only annoyed with herself, really. Growing up in a conservative household, it’s taken her some twenty years to learn that just because someone carries a badge and a gun doesn’t mean they can be trusted. A badge is just a piece of metal. A gun is just a piece of metal too, really. Metal or plastic, but no amount of lights and clockwork and attachments can disguise the fact of what it is. Humanity’s fears have evolved with them; wolves were to be feared in the days where all a hunter had at his disposal was a knife and a snare, but now they’ve built too much, great cities of concrete and metal, and their fears have grown too abstract, too powerful.
“Alright,” she sighs, meeting Carmilla’s gaze. No nervousness or discomfort this time, just grim resignation. “There’s a lot to unpack. Like...a lot. So, like...should I just start from the beginning, or what?”