Moonspear Afterlife

She got so, so much more than she bargained for when Aloe unloaded her story. The woman's preferences mattered very little to Wildfire. Her parents had exposed her to the spectrum early on, after all. But then Aloe mentioned gang rape and it felt like someone had taken a blunt knife and scooped out Wildfire's insides. Her whole body stiffened and she experienced the all too familiar fight-or-flight instincts waging war inside her.

Drawing in shallow breaths in the hopes of steadying herself and not having some sort of breakdown, Wildfire squeaked out a breathy, "Holy crap." It was not the most eloquent response, nor very in character for her, but what else was there to say to something like that? She collected herself enough to add a few more words: "Aloe, that's horrible. I'm... so sorry."