"Because." Catra starts to speak and finds it surprisingly difficult to put into words. Silence stretches out for a few beats and she finally manages to make herself continue.

"I wanted her to lose for once." There's a grimace. And that's true, though it's not the beating heart of the issue.

"I wanted her to know what it felt like to be weak and powerless and afraid." I wanted her to feel like me. Catra doesn't say that out loud. It would be too much, too raw and too vulnerable in the face of Adora's judgement.