[Some of the coldness that accompanied her tale fades, but even in the wake of the warmer recognition she shows Celeste now, the indifference toward her own story never falters. It isn't pity she craves from her; to share this thing that was so safely guarded is enough.]
Thought I could get past all the memories of the place I came from by throwing myself into working on the water. I'm good at what I do, Comtesse; I climbed those ranks legit.
[They both know that a complete erasure of the past is impossible, regardless of the effort made to destroy it. It still exists, even behind closed doors - just like her father, rotting in that loony bin, torn to shreds mentally and physically by what had happened to him.
Not so different from her.]
That's the life I took for myself, and living it is what I've got. But I can fight myself stronger all I want, and my body's still gonna be like this.
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Thought I could get past all the memories of the place I came from by throwing myself into working on the water. I'm good at what I do, Comtesse; I climbed those ranks legit.
[They both know that a complete erasure of the past is impossible, regardless of the effort made to destroy it. It still exists, even behind closed doors - just like her father, rotting in that loony bin, torn to shreds mentally and physically by what had happened to him.
Not so different from her.]
That's the life I took for myself, and living it is what I've got. But I can fight myself stronger all I want, and my body's still gonna be like this.