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“I think she wants ”

Méth skirt “Those were terrifying days”

“I know, Mémé I would never ask this of you if Alida hadn’t shown up”

“It changed everything, ers and friends into foes Those troubled tiainst children We were so divided It’s a roups of thought Those who saw it as every ht only to protect their own, and others like er” She trails off, eyes seeing so I can’t

“What happened to those people?”

“They were slaughtered

“Their ignorance and rigidity made them vulnerable to attack We lost so many I tried to tell them this was anized Everyone was being hit In order to survive, we needed to be bigger than our prejudices and band together with the others, the way the hunters had” The horror etched on her face burns itself into ht Her entire body is tre

“They let people die Pride was chosen over everything else So much blood spilled” She places a hand on her neck

“What changed?”

“Our numbers dwindled, and I caainst theht the resistance I stood round I had to I severed connections that would have led to our deone over it soif I could’ve done it differently” A sob erupts from her throat

Ju from my chair, I move to embrace her

“Mémé?”

“I tore this family in two Every time I think of ho of us remain I blame myself”

I restI could take her pain away “What would have happened had you not stood your ground?”

“None of us would be here now It took all of us working together to defeat the hunters” She sniffs