"Is not so simple," she said quietly, remembering the sting of a bullet in her arm and the shock and horror on both her and 355's face as the Soyuz came down.

"There were other factors, things I could have changed, done better. But ultimately... In the end," she said, after a moment of casting about for the right phrase, "was my mission. Was all I was sent to do, and in this mission, I failed."