[TW: Desertion, stronger language, heartbreak] /Why did you leave?/ I can still remember it. Your tail swinging as you stalked away, I can't remember if you looked back. I hope you did. /Why did you take them?/ Wasn't I good enough, strong enough for you. Did I cry too much? I think I still do. Never stop talking. I'm scared that the rest will leave too. I could have stopped. I would have been quiet, if you had stayed. I would have been stronger if you had stayed. /Why did you kill him?/ Why did you break Wren, why did you break them all, maybe it would have been okay, would have been whole, if he lived. Maybe he would have been kind. Maybe we all would have been kind if you stayed and he never died. Maybe Wren would be kind then. /Why do I miss you?/ You left... Why do I miss you if you left? You made your choice. Your choice to leave me behind, in this hell, this desert, where there is no one to love. Maybe that's why I miss you. I don't have anyone. /Why do they hate me?/ I didn't kill him. I didn't hurt anyone, but they pretend I did. They see me as bloodstained, because yours runs through my veins. I swear I didn't hurt him. You believe me right. Do you believe me Mother? /Why did you Leave?/ This desert is so cold, and so much scarier when I'm alone. If I had cried less, if I had been stronger, if you hadn't killed him, would you have stayed? Would you have guided me through these dunes? Or would you have left anyway.
