She must have noticed and her gaze softened. "You don’t have to carry the weight of the world by yourself. You have countless friends and allies who want to help you, yet you push us away because you fear losing any of us." Her hand returned to my cheek and she roughly jostled my face. "You didn’t train us so vigorously just for us to sit on the sidelines. You have to realize that we can take care of ourselves."