( okay -- no. she's not going to tolerate this slander. despite the anger burning through her body, there is a well of compassion that she feels for Diluc after the tragic death of his father, followed by the knights trying to cover it up.

from what she experienced firsthand, others may not understand. but she does. and her heart is big enough to not let anger completely eclipse her view of Diluc, in spite of what he just said.

she sprints up the hill they're climbing, in order for her to take the (literal) high ground and halt him in his tracks, gazing down at him with a scowl. )

Don't you dare imply that my Grandfather abandoned me. I don't know who you think you are, but you know nothing about him. Or me. So don't even start. ( her words are punched out and laced with anger. it's definitely a repressed anxiety of Amber's - because he could've up and left her without a word. but she refuses to believe it, hence her prickly reaction to his words. )

I know you hate the Knights, and I know why you hate the Knights. But my Grandfather's disappearance is still a mystery. I don't want to hear any outlandish theories, even if I understand why you might make them.