"Because," she hissed, turning her body so she was fully facing him now. "I've had enough of all this. I feel lost all the time, my heart aches from all the pent-up emotions I am dealing with, I'm a new mother, and I feel like I am spiraling out of control! Yet no one seems to understand. Still, they hold me to such high expectations, thinking I am unworthy of fighting alongside you and the others."