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She hadn't expected her brother to question her. Mae glanced up at him, startled and uncertain what he meant for a moment. Then she shrugged. You said no, She said simply.

What Jakub had missed was the slow dying of the fire in his sister's spirit; the way their twisted childhood had chipped away at her, leaving her hollow, apathetic and sullen in ways no child should be. Her gaze returned to the skull.