"I bring up bodies, and you bring up angles," Alexiel told him, staring right at his eyes. Maybe he didn't understand, she thought; Setsuna's body held her back. Setsuna meant more to her than she could possibly explain to Kira, and to so recklessly use it the way she would have used her was out of the question.

She leaned in close to him and asked, "Why must you assume there must be an angle here? I already left you marked for the world to see."