"If your wish is to be a soldier, then it would be better to learn from those who may actually be concerned with your survival, not from your captors. There are people in Exsilium who should not be soldiers." Children, innocents. Those who were capable should learn to defend themselves and Elissa hoped to teach them just that.

"It would be better for them to journey out on their own and defend themselves properly than to wait for the inevitable. At least a society can be built in a small part of the wilderness to protect themselves. In that city, it is like living in a pen. There is no freedom or choice."