"There isn't a reason," said an entirely-too-familiar voice from nearby.

No, of course Zetta hadn't come to comfort her immediately on hearing of her loss. Don't suggest stupid things like that! That's just... stupid. He's a demon. And an Overlord. He doesn't do that.

Still, there's the book, standing at the edge of the water, looking at her. "And there's nothing anyone wants of you to make it stop. You know that. It's a stupid, crappy thing that just happened."

At least she wasn't attacking the pod cavern...