Well, she wanted to avoid having a yelling match in the middle of the gym, but apparently that's not going to happen. Catra isn't going to let her. She clenches her jaw and listens, shifting out from under the bar and on to her feet. This is the same problem that Catra has always has - she keeps seeing it in terms of winning and losing. Like if Adora suffers, somehow Catra will be happy. Or at least that always seemed to be the running theme. Now she just sounds like she's at the end of her tether and ready to completely snap. Well, more than usual, anyway.
"I've never wanted it to be about me, Catra! It's never been about winning or losing or me wanting to see you crushed or anything like that! I don't think you're worthless!"
She doesn't want to do this here, but the words are spilling out.
"You've just - you've hurt so many people. You've hurt my friends, you've hurt innocent villagers, you've done all of these terrible things. You threw the switch on the portal because you just wanted to hurt me, even if it meant everything else got destroyed!" Adora is venting now, letting it all out.
"And you know what? Before that? I thought it was my job to try and save you. That it was up to me to somehow convince you to stop. That it really was my fault for not being good enough to convince you or stop you somehow. But that - that changed everything, Catra. I have never wanted to be your enemy. But you kept pushing. You kept hurting me. And I couldn't keep going back to you over and over again and hope that this time my best friend would finally understand and maybe this time she wouldn't try to kill someone else who mattered to me."
Adora trails off into silence.
"I never wanted any of this. I never wanted the sword or to be She-Ra or to fight you. And you know what? It in the end it turned out that being She-Ra was just another way for someone else to try and use me as a piece in their giant plan."
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"I've never wanted it to be about me, Catra! It's never been about winning or losing or me wanting to see you crushed or anything like that! I don't think you're worthless!"
She doesn't want to do this here, but the words are spilling out.
"You've just - you've hurt so many people. You've hurt my friends, you've hurt innocent villagers, you've done all of these terrible things. You threw the switch on the portal because you just wanted to hurt me, even if it meant everything else got destroyed!" Adora is venting now, letting it all out.
"And you know what? Before that? I thought it was my job to try and save you. That it was up to me to somehow convince you to stop. That it really was my fault for not being good enough to convince you or stop you somehow. But that - that changed everything, Catra. I have never wanted to be your enemy. But you kept pushing. You kept hurting me. And I couldn't keep going back to you over and over again and hope that this time my best friend would finally understand and maybe this time she wouldn't try to kill someone else who mattered to me."
Adora trails off into silence.
"I never wanted any of this. I never wanted the sword or to be She-Ra or to fight you. And you know what? It in the end it turned out that being She-Ra was just another way for someone else to try and use me as a piece in their giant plan."