Something's going to have to. You're still wide-open to being ordered around and between that, your history, and how you look you are not safe— and that's without getting into anything else.
[ lets out a low hiss of breath, but— doesn't seem surprised. at all.
(Yael had never acted like what was going on was strange, or unfamiliar.) ]
...That's still better than leaving it as is it. And— all right, even if I believe that nothing can be done to help the rest of it, I'm not going to believe nothing can be done to help you.
Do you want me to leave it alone because it's something you don't want me to be poking into, because it's something you don't want you to be poking into, or because you honestly don't think anything can be done to try to make things suck a little less?
[ look, he was making a point. a point that he's a vampire, why the hell would he do anything even remotely resembling getting you burnt at the stake. snorts ]
"No, you?" To stay on topic, though: I'm not going to make you tell me things you don't want to, either, but not only will I not just sit and twiddle my thumbs, I can't. Not just because I'm worried about you, but because the organization that asked me to take you in is making noises about it.
I didn't think you were; the only ones who actually think the worse option don't like me to begin with. The rest won't exactly blame me for not knowing how to handle what they think is a traumatized kid.
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