"I have to... protect people. I have to make sure other people stay safe. The whole universe, if it comes down to it," Adora replies with a sigh, "And they're telling me that... I don't? That I shouldn't? And I don't understand why. I don't understand why they think it's wrong of me to want to protect other people."

It's more complicated than that. It always is. But that's how it feels to Adora.

"I can't let myself get slack. I have to keep going."

Although now they're drifting onto another topic entirely.