[ Ah. Well Alina can at least appreciate that they were thinking along the same page. ]

I doubt you are actually cruel. Doing what you need to do to survive isn't cruel.

[ She doesn't think? She isn't innocent, she has maybe punched a bully or two harder than they really needed. But she isn't cruel. It isn't selfish to want to be safe and alive. She isn't like him...

Alina shakes her head, wrapping her arms around herself as if in comfort. ]

You don't seem like the type to be cruel. Not without reason.