the fled the fallen

It's already unfortunate enough that she's stuck with the drudgery of spying on the girl who used to be her only confidante in the White Fang, but Ilia is convinced that if she puts her past with Blake on one side of the impending war in Remnant, and her own future on the other, the collateral damage will wreck more than Menagerie when it comes rushing through to destroy them both. It's easy enough to fight a battle when your enemy is a stranger. But weapons become betrayals when the eyes that look back at you from the end of the blade are the eyes you once trusted more than the rise and fall of the sun.