[Athena is halfway down the street (heading suspiciously towards the Pokemon Center and the fast travel station close to it) when Angel's call finally cuts through the haze in her head. It's like a light switching on in a dark room, and she refocuses so fast she has to shake her head.

She'll let Angel approach her, so she's not completely lost, but she's not calm at all. Her hands are clenching and unclenching, and she's shifting her weight from foot to foot. Athena is the very image of a time bomb about to go off, but she's trying to hold it back. For Angel's sake.]

After seeing Jack's fall the way I did, seeing the things Hyperion had done on Pandora, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. But...

[She thinks of the horror, the utterly consuming sense of self-loathing she felt when she cut down her parents. When she realized what she'd done to Jess.]

I can't comprehend this.