In some ways she's helpful, in others she's not but that goes for just about everyone here. Marie getting exactly what she needs for the best chances of recovery is probably not ever going to happen. Character arcs can have road bumps, though...
Lol don't worry about it, I have Marie do stupid stuff all the time, and only most of it is intentional
I may have tried, Sazed said thoughtfully. I can't say whether or not it would have succeeded, but I'd like to think it would, with the woman she used to be.
Aspen. She didn't even realize he was referring to her at first; he'd given no warning that it meant her, but she was the only one with eyespikes and so it had to mean her. Aspen. He'd given her a nickname. A name of his, to tag her as belonging to him, one of his people, under his rusting protection. A name that said "I don't care about who you are: I care about who I want you to be, who I think you are." Aspen wasn't Marie. Aspen was an Inquisitor working under the Survivor, who followed his rules and was part of his bunch of lovey friends. He hadn't asked to call her that. Lord Ruler, he hadn't even waited to see if she'd go with him! He'd just decided on his own that he had the right to label her with a word, to say that was her new identity.
And that was that, really, when she thought about it later. That moment summed it up. Everything the Survivor did was like that - he just assumed he had permission because he was the bloody Survivor and controlled the world. He walked into a room and the room was his, instantly, and Marie was not interested in his grand plans for the universe.
Her feelings resolved into a crystal-clear path, a coin shooting through the mists, undeniable. She wasn't going to go with him. As much as she hated Harmony, she wasn't going to follow this man. Not in this and not ever.
"I don't know who Aspen is," she said coolly. "And I don't care if someone sees my spikes." Though Harmony likely would, and she...had just decided to stay with him. Well. She'd think about that later.
She pinned her gaze on Adilie and raised a delicate eyebrow. "I am aware. I don't know why you thought that bore repeating." Her tone wasn't dark, quite, it didn't hint at murder, but it wasn't friendly either.