[ Lux forces her expression to remain unchanged, even as she takes a quick, sharp breath. She knows that, and even if be didn't mean it, Akira lands a decisive blow. She's seen what happens when she doesn't step in (or step in quickly enough), and she knows he's right, but... it's complicated.

Sitting in silence for a moment, it seems like he might have ruined his chance to learn more. ]

...In a village, on our northern border. There were reports of multiple people experiencing horrific nightmares, night after night. I was called to investigate, along with one of the Dauntless Vanguards. [ A beat. ] Garen. My brother.

When he arrived, he came across a man who had been driven mad by the dreams he had been having, and by the thing that was causing them.

[ Her brows furrow deeply as her gaze slides away. Her voice quiet, she does her best to hold back any residual anger she still holds. ]

Garen believed that he was the one causing the disturbance. He could have subdued him while we investigated the cause, or of he had been behind it. But instead, he cut the man down where without hesitation, "for the sake of Demacia." ...It was all I could do not to act, to fight back then and there.