Tanya's mental realm was a mess and just being within had Melinda attacked from all angles with conflictions mostly between her wish to rule and uphold her family as well as her jealousy for what she felt she was giving up by going against Hal...
Faced with it all, Melinda was not shaken and just pushed forward in her search for what she came here for; The connection that Tanya had formed with the Monument gem and hence forged with the Monument of Ordinances.
The conflictions she moved past were mere distractions that Melinda did not put past Tanya to have placed here to deliberately distract from her goal.
"Have you no sympathy?"
Melinda had not completely moved past the distractions that she heard Tanya's voice and when she turned to face the mental apparition of the Crown Princess, Melinda had to say it only now struck her how much Tanya had changed in regards to looks ever since her in-depth use of the gem.