[it's okay. it's clumsy back - a little like holding a wild animal, one that is docile for now but isn't sure it should be allowing this. but as tense as she is, she'll lean against her, still quietly shedding tears.]
...I wanted to protect him. Not punish the person responsible. Protect him.
[she says, quietly. she will stay like this as long as ylfa lets her. it's so strange, sometimes, to see so much of yourself as a child reflected in someone else.]
This place makes that impossible. To put us together and have us fight alone is a cruelty I wasn't expecting.
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...I wanted to protect him. Not punish the person responsible. Protect him.
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[she says, quietly. she will stay like this as long as ylfa lets her. it's so strange, sometimes, to see so much of yourself as a child reflected in someone else.]
This place makes that impossible. To put us together and have us fight alone is a cruelty I wasn't expecting.
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If they had just let me stay awake, I could have stopped them. It isn't fair.
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I believe you. [she saw her fighting, the other day.] It may have been you that would be on trial the next day.
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I'm not afraid of that.
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I think I would be a little, if you were.