Even when 2B tried to change the course of the execution there was nothing she could do.
[Forced to give up so easily, Mio thinks bitterly, then reconsiders. She can't be certain it was giving up at all when it could have just been tactical attrition. More of them could have been hurt if the fighting went on... Instead, it was better to withdraw at the time. For all that Sora had done wrong, all Mio knows she never truly knew him, the thought of a necessary sacrifice sits uneasily.]
Seeing the kind of power Makima possesses might also be enough to keep people in line... or force them to be desperate.
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[Forced to give up so easily, Mio thinks bitterly, then reconsiders. She can't be certain it was giving up at all when it could have just been tactical attrition. More of them could have been hurt if the fighting went on... Instead, it was better to withdraw at the time. For all that Sora had done wrong, all Mio knows she never truly knew him, the thought of a necessary sacrifice sits uneasily.]
Seeing the kind of power Makima possesses might also be enough to keep people in line... or force them to be desperate.