...I was mistreated and scorned since before I can remember, to my twenty-first year. I... Was shown sympathy all of once in that time. My adoptive mother. But it didn't do anything. Everything just got worse. ...I.. Considered taking my life numerous times, especially when she fell ill. There was no cure for gula disease. Just borrowed time. My two choices for back then were... To live consumed by my bitterness, to become horrible... Or to take my own life. And part of me is a bit jealous of Angel and Rhys, still, because...

[ ...She sighs, curling in on herself slightly. ]

...Because no one would have missed me like they are. ...But then Mikaela extended a hand to me. She saved me. So... I think... I'd like to be like that. Even if it seems futile. I know... That miracles can happen. Even if they don't seem like them at first. So I'll keep going like that, Ardyn. Because even if you can't feel now... Maybe, one day...