A-After - after that - she ran away, too. They w-were - worse to her. Without me there.
[And both of them learned how horrific the world is, and how cruel humans are, and how pointless all of this is. She takes a slow, shaky breath, then gently presses gauze to Riley's injury.]
I think - sh-she went through - w-worse than me after, too. I didn't see her again until we were - um, around f-fifteen.
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[Nearly a whisper, heavy with guilt.]
A-After - after that - she ran away, too. They w-were - worse to her. Without me there.
[And both of them learned how horrific the world is, and how cruel humans are, and how pointless all of this is. She takes a slow, shaky breath, then gently presses gauze to Riley's injury.]
I think - sh-she went through - w-worse than me after, too.
I didn't see her again until we were - um, around f-fifteen.