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Alyx listened, and her admiration for Fennec grew. She didn't even know how to be that assertive. She was positive that if she told her parents she was leaving and didn't let them stop her, she would just quail and give up. They'd already made it clear they had no qualms getting physical with her about it, and she was fearful they would hold her down and refuse to let her go. But if Fennec had her back, then maybe they wouldn't have a choice, and maybe she would be free to make her own decisions, without her selfish mom's opinions.

Interesting that she thought Niamh was the one who was being selfish. All of them, really. They just wanted her to go off and suck Hydra's junk in Moonspear like the others so it would benefit them, but Alyx didn't want to go from living under her mother's thumb to living under her parents' best friend's thumb for their sakes. It would be no different than being here. And she wanted her own life, not one forever dictated for her.

Bronco's a hypocrite, she burst out, snorting. He up and left without really saying anything to us. Bitterness enveloped her tongue, and she swallowed it. She didn't really want to talk about Bronco or Meerkat or any of them. She felt too slighted by how they could do whatever they wanted and everyone was proud of them, while she felt like she would have to claw her way out of this place, and they would probably dislike her for it. How did you stop them from stopping you?