[there's. a lot flowing through the Bond right now, but Chandra would have to be blind not to see how any of this is hitting her, and on the basest level Em understands that. she understands below everything else that an eye for an eye isn't going to solve anything and that killing Yang won't bring Cinder back (and that she doesn't like... she doesn't like killing, does she?). but there's. more. and before she runs the risk of trembling so hard that she spills what's left of her drink on the carpet, she slams it down all at once instead and places the cup on the table. maybe if she's drunk, it won't hurt as bad.]
She picked me up off the street, she gave me a reason to live, she... cared about me when nobody else would because I was just this penniless street rat stealing to survive. She took me into her arms and she told me everything was going to be all right and it has been [lying] and I can't just. I can't stand here and let her get away with it. I can't let her... I can't not do anything when she took my entire life from me.
[there's gritting teeth and there's frustration and anger and fear and she knows that if she keeps talking she's going to tear up and she doesn't even know what emotion would be causing that. and she's clenching her fists and she's pressing them against her legs and she can't bring herself to look at Chandra.]
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[there's. a lot flowing through the Bond right now, but Chandra would have to be blind not to see how any of this is hitting her, and on the basest level Em understands that. she understands below everything else that an eye for an eye isn't going to solve anything and that killing Yang won't bring Cinder back (and that she doesn't like... she doesn't like killing, does she?). but there's. more. and before she runs the risk of trembling so hard that she spills what's left of her drink on the carpet, she slams it down all at once instead and places the cup on the table. maybe if she's drunk, it won't hurt as bad.]
She picked me up off the street, she gave me a reason to live, she... cared about me when nobody else would because I was just this penniless street rat stealing to survive. She took me into her arms and she told me everything was going to be all right and it has been [lying] and I can't just. I can't stand here and let her get away with it. I can't let her... I can't not do anything when she took my entire life from me.
[there's gritting teeth and there's frustration and anger and fear and she knows that if she keeps talking she's going to tear up and she doesn't even know what emotion would be causing that. and she's clenching her fists and she's pressing them against her legs and she can't bring herself to look at Chandra.]