Her granddaughter's words left Izzy staring at her, speechless. Making children murder each other? As a way to punish their communities? It was barbarism pure and simple.
The things her namesake must have seen and possibly done...
"I'm so sorry Izzy. I wish there'd been something I could have done to stop that." On this occasion she didn't care she'd used the 'W' word, it was worth the risk. "I know I can't really promise that nothing bad will happen again. But I think with the Man dead we don't have to worry about things like what happened to you happening again." She devoutly hoped so anyway.