"A relief," Eirika echoed with a slow nod. "Yes. That would be a good way of putting it. I'm sure I would feel the same were I in your position." And she wasn't, but admittedly she wanted to be.

She gave something of a lighter smile, nearing the edge of a wistfulness, but then she waved it off dismissively. "No, no. I understand. It's fine. I had some hope for my own world, but since your Emeralds would do nothing for me, it'd be silly of me to think it. I'll find my own way at some point."