Alisha will opt to stand. Sitting is all well and good, but sitting on a man's bed is like calling back the ghosts of all her royal instructors (none of whom are actually dead) about the dos and don'ts of propriety. So standing politely it is.

"It's true that discussing matters can certainly lessen the weight on one's shoulders..." She glances down at her clasped hands, mulling it over.

"... I suppose I'm just worried that it's not just a matter of simply refusing to kill and hoping everyone else will do the same. I know now that... that isn't the case, not with everyone."