[At first, she only nods weakly. Yes, that is what she means. The cave...]
They told me... I could do something good here.
[And she'd known there would be a catch, because there never isn't a cost for things in this world (or her world), a former Contractor knew that better than anyone, but... She had believed that Hell's Gate was too far away to touch her. How... could it still reach?
For a moment, the eerie red glow of power attempting to take root in her body along with the dark influence of the Kenoma cuts her off, reducing her to a shuddering ball of thin limbs and clammy skin as she muffles a pained whimper into her knees. She dind't want them... She didn't want what came with those abilities, the loss of every subtle, overwhelming emotion she'd come to cherish-
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They told me... I could do something good here.
[And she'd known there would be a catch, because there never isn't a cost for things in this world (or her world), a former Contractor knew that better than anyone, but... She had believed that Hell's Gate was too far away to touch her. How... could it still reach?
For a moment, the eerie red glow of power attempting to take root in her body along with the dark influence of the Kenoma cuts her off, reducing her to a shuddering ball of thin limbs and clammy skin as she muffles a pained whimper into her knees. She dind't want them... She didn't want what came with those abilities, the loss of every subtle, overwhelming emotion she'd come to cherish-
She clings to something else.]
What did they... What did they tell you... ?