It's like I said, whatever you're comfortable with--or not, but just want to get out into the open. Thank you, that much can't have been easy to share.
[It isn't pleasant by any means, and it's nothing violence would solve, it's nothing big words would solve. But maybe small words can help, just a little.]
Just a hunch, but I'm supposing you don't want to share this with your friend because it would upset her, correct? Because you know that she would mourn that you were mistreated and used as a tool, that you don't have much of a future after your "use" has ended.
[Honestly, it had never occurred to Botan that she should hesitate sharing such things with her own friends for that reason. They had always been much stronger than her, and while she didn't want them to worry it never struck her as something that would really harm them emotionally. It was just a nothing sort of topic, like herself, a nothing.]
There's no way to keep her from being upset, I'm not going to insult your intelligence by saying there is, especially not with the nature of this place. But, Lena, humor me for a moment? She'll be sad, yes, but she'll want to find a solution to your unhappiness. She will believe in you no matter what your nature dictates, and that's more important than anything your aunt could have machinated. It doesn't matter what that witch did, you're here now and someone believes in you, someone loves you.
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[It isn't pleasant by any means, and it's nothing violence would solve, it's nothing big words would solve. But maybe small words can help, just a little.]
Just a hunch, but I'm supposing you don't want to share this with your friend because it would upset her, correct? Because you know that she would mourn that you were mistreated and used as a tool, that you don't have much of a future after your "use" has ended.
[Honestly, it had never occurred to Botan that she should hesitate sharing such things with her own friends for that reason. They had always been much stronger than her, and while she didn't want them to worry it never struck her as something that would really harm them emotionally. It was just a nothing sort of topic, like herself, a nothing.]
There's no way to keep her from being upset, I'm not going to insult your intelligence by saying there is, especially not with the nature of this place. But, Lena, humor me for a moment? She'll be sad, yes, but she'll want to find a solution to your unhappiness. She will believe in you no matter what your nature dictates, and that's more important than anything your aunt could have machinated. It doesn't matter what that witch did, you're here now and someone believes in you, someone loves you.