“Heh. I’ve killed hundreds of Fallen, and I’m a fledgling as Guardians go. As a team? There’s no army that could stop us.” And even that is discounting the other powerful beings in the Nexus, some objectively in a heavier weight class than any Guardian. But Blaze can’t speak for them, and she views the Fallen as her people’s responsibility.

“War brings out the worst in a society. Pares back all the nice words and shows you what people boil down to. Doesn’t mean the cruelty has to win. But it’ll show itself.” Not surprising that Kinner’s people practiced military executions: pre-Golden-Agers were like that. “And when war is survival, only the stubborn ones are left. But you don’t think about it, after that long. It’s just the air you breathe.”