Liliana took a quick sip of whatever it was she was drinking. No reason, she was simply parched. Obviously.

"It was a trying time," she agreed when she had swallowed, deliberately not thinking of the absolute hell those first years had been, all the pain and grief and hardship. "With a number of fatalities, I'm sure. One doesn't go from being immortal and invincible to vulnerable overnight without needing some serious lessons in your new limitations."

Or so, you know. She'd heard. She'd been fine. Obviously.