"It's-" Pausing, Raleigh chews on her lip for a second. "Like, I don't know where they got who we were," she says finally. "Like. I was-- I worked in a bakery, but- You can't tell anyone, but I sort of was all... Robin Hood, at night. Like with the whole bow and arrow shooting people, I wish I was making this up."
She seems -- and is, really- genuinely distressed by it. "Like, I hurt people, and I just-- suddenly I remembered who I was and it wasn't all Medivael serfdom anymore, and just-- why? Who-- If it'd been a dragon, what would have I done? Or you - besides just up and die, you know?"
Swallowing hard, she continues. "Whenever I say anything-" She moves to sit on the steps, so they can just talk for a little bit. "Literally whenever I say anything about not having powers being-- I don't know, scary, or making me vulnerable, or... anything, literally the answer they say is always the same."
She takes a deep breath. "That I'm not vulnerable, because I have friends who will watch out for me. And... they totally don't get that's not the point. I mean, I know they will, the most they can, but like.... that's not the point."
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She seems -- and is, really- genuinely distressed by it. "Like, I hurt people, and I just-- suddenly I remembered who I was and it wasn't all Medivael serfdom anymore, and just-- why? Who-- If it'd been a dragon, what would have I done? Or you - besides just up and die, you know?"
Swallowing hard, she continues. "Whenever I say anything-" She moves to sit on the steps, so they can just talk for a little bit. "Literally whenever I say anything about not having powers being-- I don't know, scary, or making me vulnerable, or... anything, literally the answer they say is always the same."
She takes a deep breath. "That I'm not vulnerable, because I have friends who will watch out for me. And... they totally don't get that's not the point. I mean, I know they will, the most they can, but like.... that's not the point."