[Difficult? Yelena just sort of huffs half a bitter chuckle. Yeah, it makes things difficult.]
I hope that remains the case then. Reyad is...
[Yelena's throat grows tight as the memories start to trickle back again. It's the first time she's really thought about him since she's arrived and now she can't help it. The time he almost lit her on fire. The experiments with his father that pushed her to her limits. The days she spent naked in chains, forced to do flip after flip for Reyad's amusement, hoping that by doing as she was told he wouldn't cross the line any further...
...and the time she was of no more use to Brazell and given freely over to Reyad, and how Reyad had crossed that line in brutal, violent ways that were to serve as only the start.
She swallows.]
He was a monster, and he's still a monster. The other ghosts here may be quiet and the people may not care, but if he showed up here he wouldn't be the same at all.
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I hope that remains the case then. Reyad is...
[Yelena's throat grows tight as the memories start to trickle back again. It's the first time she's really thought about him since she's arrived and now she can't help it. The time he almost lit her on fire. The experiments with his father that pushed her to her limits. The days she spent naked in chains, forced to do flip after flip for Reyad's amusement, hoping that by doing as she was told he wouldn't cross the line any further...
...and the time she was of no more use to Brazell and given freely over to Reyad, and how Reyad had crossed that line in brutal, violent ways that were to serve as only the start.
She swallows.]
He was a monster, and he's still a monster. The other ghosts here may be quiet and the people may not care, but if he showed up here he wouldn't be the same at all.