"I know about hard decisions," she said. Her own and the ones she'd see Princess Amanda make, over the course of nine years and a million small losses. "But they can be fair, can't they? Maybe I want to go to my friend Gamora's world, instead of my own."

She didn't. But that wasn't the point.

Sighing, Ariadne shook her head. "I know it's not proper to question the gods. But sometimes..."

Sometimes, she wondered just how powerful--or wise--they really were.

A sentiment she knew better to put into words.

"But I guess it's academic, anyway. We're still stuck here until anyone says otherwise. We need to make the best of it."