"Execution isn't retaliation; its the ultimate punishment for crimes that threaten the peace of a people." Again, it's like this is the weather. "But like you said, unfeasible here and it'd be seen as cruel or heavy-handed."

She's silent for a bit, before: "Yeah, but the dark of the storm will pass. Just like it passed for you. I'm not saying psychic attacks are to be brushed off as nothing-" and for the briefest second, a shudder rips through her. "But people can come back from whatever damage is inflicted. You did."