She gave him hope? She didn't know how. Gen was usually the one to bring people down. It was Rachel who lifted them up. The young witch simply showered them in her pessimism. That did not mean that she did not smile at the comment. To be a beacon of hope was special. She was eternally gratefully towards the people who had done it for her.
"That sounds like a good life. Sometimes I wish I could leave the fighting to others. But that does not seem right, does it?" she asked. She wasn't sure. She wasn't sure about any of this. "It feels like... hmm..." She tried to find the right words. It was hard. "It feels like people like us we are already tainted. I've tried to make the bad thoughts go away but they won't. I don't want this to happen to someone who can still sleep at night. Once someone robs you off your innocence, it's gone. It does not come back."