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Lian's defective mental state, responsible for her murderous impulses, also proved to be a saving grace for the other members of her team when they encountered a [[Purple Slice]] reality. The effects of [[Purple Slice]] cancelled out Lian's murderous impulses, allowing her to remain sane and functional, and carry out a rescue when all other members of her team were afflicted. The lingering effects of her brief sanity allowed Lian to experience a normal emotional state, and to express her love for her fellow teammates.After repeated trips through the [[Purple Slice]] reality to retrieve each member of the team, Lian's mental state reached a breaking point. She could no longer control her murderous urges and attempts to torture and kill several members of the vanguard. [[Edgar Brace]] offers to let her kill him first instead of the others but tricks her, pinning her to the ground and nearly killing her.  Upon being pinned to the ground Lian shows remorse for her actions and explains to the vanguard that she has always been this way but never wanted to take her urges out on them. The vanguard then decides what to do with her and splits into two disagreeing groups. [[Mona Wygant]], [[Randy Ellwood], [[Bill Nash]], and [[Jennifer Pixley]] are for Lian staying, stating it's possible her immunity to insanity could be an asset. [[Carmen Faulkner]], [[Cheng Yao]], [[Kendrick Merrill]] think it's too dangerous to have her as a part of the group. Upon seeing this divide [[Edgar Brace]] tosses Lian a gun and tells her that the only way to unify the group is to kill herself, eliminating the choice. Lian puts the gun to her head and pulls the trigger only to find it was unloaded. Although Carmen, Cheng, and Kendrick are still wary they allow her to stay after proving she would kill herself for the well being of the team. After this incident Lian forms an emotional bond with Bill. She tries to calm him down when they are captured by [[Her Glory]] and tries to give him hope by telling him they would settle down somewhere once this is all over. Bill listens to her and calms down momentarily but is overcome by fear and uses his [[Amethyst Suicide Device]]. Lian considers using her own afterwards but decides to stay to possibly help the rest of her squad.  After the explosion in [[Her Glory]]'s palace, Lian escapes through a portal with Bill and Mona. Upon reaching the other side the reality of her situation sinks in and she loses grip of her sanity. She struggles aloud with herself and Edgar tries to help her. Lian stabs Edgar multiple times then runs away screaming, "I'm sorry." Lian shoots herself in the head but fails to kill herself and is only grazed.  Lian eventually ends up on the [[Zkirax]] homeworld. Thinking her squad is dead, Lian no longer has any reason to restrain herself and kills multiple Zkirax citizens, although she avoids killing the humans that are also residing there. After rescuing Cheng, Lian is the second stop during the [[Week of Hell]]. When discovered by the vanguard, Lian initially tries to attack them, then upon realizing who they were and that Edgar was still alive, she silently rejoins the group. When the group finds themselves in the midst of the [[Grey Riders]], Lian contacts Kendrick privately and tells him that they should kill their leader now while they have the chance. Lian and Kendrick ambush the [[Leader of the Grey Riders]], but are easily defeated. After Kendrick is captured, Lian escapes and radios the rest of the squad. Lian later returns to the squad in a Grey Rider uniform and is mysteriously silent about what happened and how she obtained it. Later, when the Grey Riders ambush the squad, Lian mysteriously disappears.