She nods to affirm Shuichi's assumption. "She used us. Me and my sister. Both our parents did. They pit us against one another, and what they couldn't achieve through neglecting and belittling me they got through actively poisoning my sister's mind until there was almost nothing left."

Adaine will never forget the bombed out ruins that she saw when she entered Aelwyn's mind with a Detect Thoughts spell.

"I've already taken care of my father. Now I just have my mother left. And, maybe once she's out of the way, I can set myself to dismantling the systems that enabled their behavior."

By which she means setting fire to the elven nation of Fallinel, and/or tracking down and murdering the entire Court of Stars, one by one, until there's no one left.