Death certainly does change people. Guardians have their own peculiar and intimate relationship with it, which may not be the only cause of their occasional eccentricities but surely plays a role. After a few hundred deaths - and inflicting far more than that - you're bound to come away with an altered outlook on the world.

"Their eyes? Four of 'em, kinda glowy? What about them?" She shoots the woman a look from behind her faceless helm. "Got to admit, I've had something else on my mind. Back before our last mission, we agreed you wouldn't have to use your Pokemon against people. But the Fallen aren't the mindless beasts we expected to face. They're vicious and they serve the Dark, but they're people just the same as us. You still prepared to fight them?"