[She bows her head for a moment, solemnly, though she knows he cannot see it.]

It's easy to fight back against an obvious danger, but much harder to struggle against something that makes people feel... happy. Especially when you know how much they deserve that happiness.

[Her expression firms.]

But they deserve it made real, even if reality is imperfect. Not merely some cheap copy. You did the right thing, painful as it was.