"Because with the stone, she had part in the plot. It...how to explain it without confusing you..."

Absently, she reaches over to pet Jude, stroking soft fur.

"Those who had the stones had great power, power enough to threaten everyone living there. Taking the stone meant that she was taking my power, and my place in everything."

She doesn't want to look at Ripley, when what isn't stated links itself together, when the caustic way she had treated herself - I deserved this - now has reason behind it.

"But more than that, she wanted everything I had. Everything she felt I deserved. I know enough to say that."