The cost it will ask of them might erode the parts of them that make them strong.

[ sacrifice - personal or otherwise - is an inevitable part of battle, of war. when they fight against those they have forged bonds with, it becomes even more taxing and trying; there are some (like Akua) that might not have strong ties to the Kenoma by way of friendship, but even so--

surely she, too, can see signs of innocence, signs of the misguided, blinded and influenced by forces beyond their control among their enemy. they do not fight some nameless, faceless evil. these are people - people who have been twisted by their own pain and sometimes blinded by it. she understands. she keenly grasps what that is like.

but it must be an... experience, to stand on the other side of that line in the sand again. ]

You have something to give them that is far more valuable than your magic or your wit, Akua. What they'll need is an anchor to keep them grounded... and you are uniquely placed to be that for them. You know what it is to be their enemy, and you know what it is to lose everything.

[ to teach them a better way so that they... enemy and ally alike... do not have to suffer in that manner. ]