I nod, quietly. "I know now it might be weird. Especially with... 'me'. But I wanted to be here with the rest."
We never really did anything wrong, did we? We didn't know any better. We didn't know how hurting felt, how anything felt at all but the desire to be complete again. We couldn't understand the humans, and the humans couldn't understand us.
"If they can't handle it, I'll still be okay." If the others choose not to see me as anything but a fluke, or if Ankh rejects me, I will brush it off. So what? Kazari understanding is enough. Him knowing my secret is enough too.
I got along fine without them before, and I could get along fine without them now. I really don't want to, though. But showing that to them feels like weakness. I don't like being weak or powerless.
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We never really did anything wrong, did we? We didn't know any better. We didn't know how hurting felt, how anything felt at all but the desire to be complete again. We couldn't understand the humans, and the humans couldn't understand us.
"If they can't handle it, I'll still be okay." If the others choose not to see me as anything but a fluke, or if Ankh rejects me, I will brush it off. So what? Kazari understanding is enough. Him knowing my secret is enough too.
I got along fine without them before, and I could get along fine without them now. I really don't want to, though. But showing that to them feels like weakness. I don't like being weak or powerless.