the crash of an avalanche

Elena

when life knocks you down
calmly get back up

"I can't think of what purpose such an attack in Halo might fill right now. But, I suppose, what reason would they need, other than eliminating those who opposed their goddess?" Elena's tone was weary and fear was still fresh in the heart for many reasons. But a breath later she was pressing her lips together, gaze sharpening. "We've made it through this--" she took a hand off her mug and gestured around them as if the encompass the entire night, "--we'll handle the Ascended problems as they come. We haven't been drained of hope as the Hollowed Grounds have been. They'll find the people of Halo as hard to crack as the mountains."

smile and very politely say
"you hit like a bitch"