[Geir lifts his head in turn; gestures with a wing at the city, at the Palai around them. his next words are pitilessly blunt and unlikely to make her feel less wronged, though he doesn't say them with any particular accusation.]

Then you've already watched someone's world getting destroyed in front of you without doing anything. The Palai who were killed are just as gone as anyone who would die when the Tree falls. Why are you asking me what I'd kill or step aside for?