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Raven's question had had nothing to do with Niamh's leg, although she figured it was plausible that he could've been responsible for her fall. But the girl vociferously denied that, so Raven didn't pursue it. She nodded, but her gaze was still heavy with a lot of things she left unsaid. She couldn't let it go completely, though, lest Niamh become the next victim of Screech's manipulative bullshit. "Be careful around him," she said, her voice quiet and full of what could also be interpreted as maternal concern for Niamh. "He...likes to hurt those he's closest to. Trust me on this." She had no idea of the lies Screech had told the delta about her only the previous day, but there was a wound deep inside of Raven that wouldn't heal, and she hadn't yet found the capacity to forgive him for what he'd done to her, and how he'd twisted it to his own advantage.