( her stomach twists, feeling heavy and tight. eda cannot tell if she wants to cry or scream. she feels much like she did all that time again, trying to corner raine in an alleyway in a desperate attempt of trying to reconnect the two of them.

for a horrible moment, she fears that they might not let her help them at all. in this wrong human realm without support from anyone they once knew. nearly alone. well, no. she won't let that happen. she's confident that she could send someone in their direction if this goes from bad to worse. )

Listen, how about you hear me out first?

( let her get a foot back in the door. )

If you still don't want anything to do with me after . . . I won't fight it.

( an outright lie, but she says it like it were a truth. )