It's hard not to feel some manner of comfort from Aymeric's words, though she knows the deaths of her dear comrades will always weigh heavy on her heart. Era can recall one of the first things Papalymo said to her when they were reunited was how much wearier she appeared, and he wasn't wrong - between believing the Sultana and her fellow Scions dead, being accused of regicide and having to flee to a cold, unwelcoming city-state...

Despite her Blessing of the Light she is still only just a human. More or less.

"I can accept your sword while we are here," she says softly. "Yet back home your sword shall remain Ishgard's and I will not accept anything else."

Because for all that the Holy See still has a fair amount of civilians who disdain her she still loves it as she loves all of Eorzea.