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When she returned to the common chamber she couldn’t look them in the eye. She knew what they would say. They were her, but they hadn’t seen it, they couldn’t remember it. Hepta approached her but she pushed her off. Ellefu looked judgmentally from afar. She understood. If she saw her walk in with this expression she would suspect the same thing. That she had been broken. Converted. And that wasn’t a wrong impression. What she heard felt like the deepest but most understandable betrayal anyone could know. As she sat there, Ett approached her and sat next to her. “Hello, little one. What appears to be the issue.” Zwei chuckled at her term of endearment, “You are maybe four months older than me.” Ett nodded and patted Zwei’s back, “I know. What happened? Did he hurt you?” Zwei shook her head, wondering if she should say what was bothering her. “Zwei, we are the same. You don’t have to protect me and you don’t have to carry this alone.” She sighed and looked around to make sure no one