User blog comment:Ygrain/Seriously, Aria?!/@comment-4452849-20121230141815/@comment-2228120-20121230174517

Well, if anything, it's a stepping stone for Aria getting herself trapped. And, as I've said below, Aria's potential change is not a result of a conscious choice - you may hope that your example will affect her for the better (or leave her as ruthless as she had been), but you don't get a dialogue option where you would see, and choose, the branching for the future. You act and react, but don't know where this is heading.