Ah. Genny and Treadwell, both of them effective but harmless enough. Ariane, though -- she'd admired the woman a long time ago, and then disliked her, and now admires her again. And she's the same, she thinks -- the exact same, only with darkness instead of silver in her veins, and why is it Ariane that gets the admiration, the respect? Why not Agnieszka Kaczmarek? Gloria had asked her, in similar wordings, why she was so loyal to Glenn -- and is this not it? Glenn, who supports her unquestioningly, has earned it. So she repays him in kind, as best as she can. They haven't always had this kind of relationship, but at least the barest latticework is in place. If she stays after winter passes, Glenn will be one reason why.
"I have good ideas. I have really good ideas. I maintain that asking for help is one of them. And -- and okay," she says, finally -- "But you know this is gonna backfire, right? You, taking things, yourself, from very powerful people? I can hardly protect you now -- I can hardly protect myself -- so we'll just have to fix things as they come, I guess."