Xena couldn't speak.
At eleven,she definitely thought if not for Madea, the war wouldn't have gone as long as it did.
Mormon Hawthorne definitely would have come to the First step to save her father, just for the reason he was an ally.
Yet, at sixteen, after being trained by a shadow assassin organization, and living on the streets, she was sure Madea had not done much.
After all, if Mormon wanted to stop her, there's nothing Madea could have done.
She was but a foreign priestess.
Mormon was seduced by the power, not by Madea herself.
" You understand. " Madea said in wonder.
" As expected of the Winterchild bloodline. I would have thought the shadow assassin training would have broken you into pieces, leaving nothing but a vicious killer. " she added in wonder, as she stared at Xena.
" You still love, you still regret. " Madea continued as she looked down on Xena.
