.. it won't happen again. [ It's the first thing Ange says, and her voice suddenly sounds a little bit softer than a moment ago. It's almost tinier.
But this part, at least, is easy to say. She doesn't have to think about it as much as everything else here. ]
I mean, she-- I don't think she'd do that again. [ Ange may not know everything about Sayo, but she knows enough to say this. It's not like the other is some mustache-twirling villain, after all. Ange understands that there's a lot of nuance to the way all of this went down, and that it means that Sayo won't just go around murdering random people here.
(Not unless the circumstances would change due to corruption, anyway - but they all run that risk, not just Sayo.)
She swallows, trying to explain at least some cotnext to Anna here. The other said she didn't have to, but.. it feels unfair to unload all of this on the other without at least providing this much. ]
What happened is.. my family went to a family conference each year back home. At the private island my grandfather and my oldest uncle and his direct family lived on. I always went along too, just like all my cousins, but when I was six years old, I was too sick to come with them. Mom and dad went there, along with my big brother and everyone else, but I was left behind with my grandfather from my mother's side of the family. But that year, they..
[ Ange suddenly stops, gritting her teeth. It looks like the girl is trying hard to not cry here. It feels so easy to let the tears flow, somewhere between the painful subject she's discussing here and the way Anna is holding her hand, but she doesn't want to cry. Not in at least semi-public. ]
.. they didn't come back. Something happened on the island, and everyone was killed. The only person who returned was my aunt Eva, who adopted me, but.. she hated me. She abused me, acting like I was nothing but the family's cattle. Whenever I asked her what had happened on the island, she always refused to tell me, and she'd just laugh at me or insult me. Everyone at school also relentlessly bullied me because they knew I didn't have any family to back me up. People tried to kill me so they could have my family's fortune that I was due to inherit after aunt Eva died..
[ Her voice grows more and more shakey until she truly can't stop the tears. Ange can't look at Anna as she feels them coming, instead staring at their joint hands. ]
I.. didn't have anyone in the world I could trust. I didn't have anyone in the world who cared even the tiniest bit about me. Every single day was so miserable, and I just really wanted to end it all so I didn't even have to endure one day more of that..
[ She shakes her head. ]
That's why I don't get it..! I don't understand why a place like this would put me and the person who caused all of that to happen to me in the same place.. I-It's too cruel!
cw: talk of dead family, past child abuse and suicidal ideation
But this part, at least, is easy to say. She doesn't have to think about it as much as everything else here. ]
I mean, she-- I don't think she'd do that again. [ Ange may not know everything about Sayo, but she knows enough to say this. It's not like the other is some mustache-twirling villain, after all. Ange understands that there's a lot of nuance to the way all of this went down, and that it means that Sayo won't just go around murdering random people here.
(Not unless the circumstances would change due to corruption, anyway - but they all run that risk, not just Sayo.)
She swallows, trying to explain at least some cotnext to Anna here. The other said she didn't have to, but.. it feels unfair to unload all of this on the other without at least providing this much. ]
What happened is.. my family went to a family conference each year back home. At the private island my grandfather and my oldest uncle and his direct family lived on. I always went along too, just like all my cousins, but when I was six years old, I was too sick to come with them. Mom and dad went there, along with my big brother and everyone else, but I was left behind with my grandfather from my mother's side of the family. But that year, they..
[ Ange suddenly stops, gritting her teeth. It looks like the girl is trying hard to not cry here. It feels so easy to let the tears flow, somewhere between the painful subject she's discussing here and the way Anna is holding her hand, but she doesn't want to cry. Not in at least semi-public. ]
.. they didn't come back. Something happened on the island, and everyone was killed. The only person who returned was my aunt Eva, who adopted me, but.. she hated me. She abused me, acting like I was nothing but the family's cattle. Whenever I asked her what had happened on the island, she always refused to tell me, and she'd just laugh at me or insult me. Everyone at school also relentlessly bullied me because they knew I didn't have any family to back me up. People tried to kill me so they could have my family's fortune that I was due to inherit after aunt Eva died..
[ Her voice grows more and more shakey until she truly can't stop the tears. Ange can't look at Anna as she feels them coming, instead staring at their joint hands. ]
I.. didn't have anyone in the world I could trust. I didn't have anyone in the world who cared even the tiniest bit about me. Every single day was so miserable, and I just really wanted to end it all so I didn't even have to endure one day more of that..
[ She shakes her head. ]
That's why I don't get it..! I don't understand why a place like this would put me and the person who caused all of that to happen to me in the same place.. I-It's too cruel!