Mm, I would have said the same, when I arrived.

[ She admitted. Akua did not spend long without her gift, had chosen a side if only so that she could use her gift once more. She was nothing without it, and even as a shade, she had wrenched power from the ether, used Catherine's connection to Winter, or Night, or anything to make sure she had it. She would do anything, even sign on with a side, just to do so.

Though... why she had chosen Meridian, had been a choice. There was a reason, all the same. She sighed, and looked at her hands in her lap. She does not crowd Cassian, but she takes up space all the same, as she looked down. ]

You will have to choose one, or the other, lest you be left behind by the great and terrible powers we use. There will be no place for those who cannot choose, I fear. Even the stalwart heart who thinks both are guilty of crimes, will need to choose something. Though both... seem to be willing to let us go, as we choose.

Perhaps that will change, but for now at least, your decision can be made freely. Without losing the ability to choose later.