[ Oh no, she hadn't meant to embarrass her. And it's not embarrassing, or at least it shouldn't be - Lucretia feels exactly the same way, after all. She smiles, and this time she reaches out to squeeze Allura's arm in quiet assurance. ]

...I like that. "You wouldn't water a patch of dirt without a seed." I think that's a good way of thinking about it.

[ Is it true? She really doesn't know enough about the gods to say, but it's nice to believe it, at any rate.

And then she laughs, nodding in understanding. ]

Oh, yes. There were seven of us, for such a long time, and I don't know what I would have done without Lup there. I think we kept each other sane, when the men were being...well, you know.

[ Men. ]