[there's a pause, before she hops forward and slides down onto the ground, knees drawn up against her torso]

Uho. You had a similar thought, then. That those not given the agency and protection of a role are nothing but cannon fodder.

[it had crossed her mind, on more than one occasion. but, that said. . .]

I didn't really like that line of thinking, though. So I decided that even though I don't have a role, I'm not going to let myself fall into that trap of being good for nothing but dying.