Quite a few people seem to be very attached to her from the Before Times, which gives me some hope that such isn't the case, although the whole "legendary hero from the beginning of time, or at least of the Terran presence on Talos II" thing does kinda give Cult of Personality vibes. And little miss If Evil Why Hot? did call her a tyrant.

Then again, in archaic Greece there was nothing inherently wrong with the title of tyrannos. It simply meant an absolute ruler, for good or ill. It wasn't until the classical era, and specifically Plato, that the idea of absolute power inevitably corrupting its wielder came to be assumed as an axiom.

Speculation containing spoilers for the end of Part 1 below:

[ Right now my impression, based on the climactic battle of Part 1 and the conversation between Perlica and M3 that Endmin overhears afterward, is that it's more a "saving the day is so hard on the Chosen One that we put her in stasis to recover when it doesn't need saving" thing. And that every time they wake her up she's recovered less well than the time before, such that Perly reckons this is the last time they're going to get away with it. ]

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