No because you don’t get it!!!!
Steel has been LYING to Suvi *every day* since she came to take her from Toma! She LIED about Eioghrain killing her parents, she LIED about where her scars came from, she LIED about the Derrick being unauthorized and about the purpose for her visit to Grandma Wren and about telling her about her geas!
This woman took one look at a precious, innocent child who had Just Lost her Parents (possibly to Steels hand!!) and lied and lied and lied, and had the AUDACITY to make Suvi feel guilty and wrong for any secret she kept from her. Suvi defended her countless times from the suspicions of Ame and Eursolon! “That is my Mother” she said; “she is doing what she thinks is right.” Suvi’s whole arc this book (by Aabria’s own words!) was about trust and where to put it, and the entire time, she was being shamelessly taken advantage of by the ONE person she trusted more than anyone
I am FROTHING at the mouth and I have never felt more protective of a fictional character. This is upsetting!!!