[Lexa is very deliberate when she speaks, her words ringing with what she thinks is belief and truth. But she appreciates talking to someone else, she is listening as closely to Castiel as he is to her. She does not know what to think of him, she could see him as Skaikru if they were on her ground. But it is not so simple here. These are new people. He reflects deep thought and calm as well, and she appreciates that.]

Extinction should be the last resort after all other measures have been taken. I hope their leaders in that time didn't make the choice easily but we do not know. [Her eyes travel to the others who are there to learn, and the two of them at least seem to have been forgotten. She, like him, suspects that the real story is not what is being told here.] It could be that the truth is intentionally lost so these people can believe what is most comforting.

[Her arms cross against her chest and she nods.]

It would be simpler if so. It takes away the weight of sacrifice and hard decisions if your enemy is a monster. You can convince yourself to do anything if they are that. I've never seen it so one-sided, but some of my people do.

[It took her years for them to see one another as more than an enemy clan. To form the coalition. To then try and add the outsiders to the same peace, so they could avoid the exact choice the past humans did against these AI. ]

You said millions of years as if you have lived so long. [Lexa misses very little.]