[ hard. it's been a long time since anyone thought the choices she made were hard. it has her smiling at him again, for she has a reputation within the alliance for being cold and made of impenetrable alusteel when it comes to making tough decisions with an ease that doesn't convey her inner turmoil. ]
I like to think it's an art I've perfected over the years. It never gets any easier, but you get better at knowing what to do. What's the best for others, for everyone else, is rarely what's in your own best interest. You learn to live with it.