"I know. But I wanted it to be clear that all of this is for you as much as it is anyone else. You never have to attend a festival, never have to show up to anything that people throw together for all the rest of your days, but there's no line drawn that says you can't."

It's a choice, is what it is. A choice that will be respected, upheld - and entirely in Nyx's court, so to speak. She's part of the community now, even if she doesn't feel like it. Even monsters are allowed to walk free here - she's talking to one, after all.