[ He does get it. What would he do if Safalin were to show up now? He's been asked that before, but he's yet to find an answer. What could he do with these that paralyzing cocktail of bitter betrayal and unshakable affection?

It seems strange to say that nothing happened, and Ranger does wonder if there was more context to it. It was always easier to direct, mislead, and avoid than to outright lie and have it come back later. ]

Yeah, I get it. I dunno that I'd say any of the executions were nothing.

[ Safalin was cruel, and so she had probably pretended it to be a painless affair. Kanna had no doubt bloomed beautifully. It was hardly nothing. He moves on from that though, ]

I'm sure things ramped up pretty quickly after that, right? You lashed out at her because of what happened, she snapped back, and then one way or another, she decided to be the one to take it a step too far.

[ There's only one things can go, after all, and breaking someone's nose was a fair bit different than trying to strange them. Ranger doesn't pry for the details, since they don't seem to matter, instead blowing out a sigh. ]

Well, you're right. No matter how you look at it, that's going too far... Did she stop? [ A beat. ] ... Or did you stop her?

[ There's a little hesitation to the second question, as though he already knows which it's more likely to be. Then again, maybe he just doesn't want to think about that being the case. ]