You realize that sometime, you gotta make up your mind.

Elsebeth asked me once whether I would betray a friend for the cause. For the Republic.

I said no.

At CJ's initiation into her new tribe, there was a series of fights, where they beat the shit out of her. The last fight was against Gottii. CJ couldn't defend herself, and Gottii kept hitting her, trying to hit her hard enough to appease the judges, and not so hard as to kill her. They knew. That he was pulling his punches. So they made him hit her again. And again.

It was their clan's way of asking Gottii - "Would you beat a friend because the clan told you to?"

Gottii said yes.