>>96329978
>"Sweet sister, it is not a matter of what can and cannot be seen; if your eyes strain in the twilight then you must have the heart to press forward on the path of your own making."
Laurel, and others who aren't too keen on The Circle, might appreciate that Leila gently urges those she teaches to consider what their calling is. After all, the young and inexperienced haven't been given the chance to think about anything beyond their immediate survival. Speaking if she would be happy to teach Laurel what she can as well even if her little sister holds suspicious about her.

>>96331233
>"The destruction of nature for the benefit of the few is indeed one of the tragic symptoms of this world's imbalance. Man simply is not meant to wallow in the monuments to their own glory — not to this extent. They forget that they, too, are this children of nature."
Leila is incredibly sympathetic to Meliara's cause as it relates a fair amount to her own. She doesn't see humanity as separate or incompatible with nature, so the gross disregard of it by the corporations smacks of denial of humanity's place amongst it and the misplaced desire to conquer it.