How do they give advice in this situation? How do they help someone who feels lost, unmoored, when they feel that same way every day themself? (But theirs, of course, isn't the same and needs to be handled like some insidious secret. Obviously.) It's irritating to not be able to say something. To have those chains around their own heart even as Nova Pandora.

"If you figure out how to win your own medal," they start, "Then I'd love to hear about it. Because I—" and they swallow. Sigh. Brace themself again. They look directly at Natalia, and part of them feels selfish for even saying what they're about to say. "If I tell you more, then I need you to promise me you'll keep it a secret from everybody. Even the other Nova Knights."