These are words Elena herself could have spoken. She has before. I'm not going to lose anyone else I love. The world shrinks to what you have left, and you protect it tooth and nail. It became a part of her, to the point where not being willing to do anything made her feel like a bad person. Their worlds are grey and murky, and rarely easy to navigate. It's easy to lose your way. She gets this all too well.

It's these last words Wynonna says, the sentiment so achingly familiar, that keeps her reacting too much to the rest. Especially as Wynonna has, in a sense, lost Alice. She's alive, but Wynonna is missing so much of her growing up.

"I can't imagine how hard that decision must have been."