"I think that our childhoods were very, very different." She smiled and shook her head. "I can't form a basis to judge because I haven't been through what you have. I am a Guardian. When people around me die, when I experience heartache, my instinct is to bury my feelings and move forward." When Skwisgaar had disappeared, she'd cried for about half an hour, gone into the backyard to freeze the ocean near their house, and then she'd started to pack his things.