“I understand you may not like me,” Catherine says in a low voice, “but if you are to be a Knight of Seiros, we need to be able to work together.”

Seeing you is a painful reminder of her past. Of who she was before she this. She hates that she sees Christophe in you, but he was your older brother. Catherine had been your lover, and when she turned Christophe in to be executed, she didn’t say goodbye. She feared her heart would break if she did.

Feared you’d change her mind.