Stone Circle please tell me it'll be okay

Rowana shook her head no, though her gaze remained on the ground. In truth, a part of her wished that she felt pain; anything would have been better than the self-loathing numb that she'd acquired. It didn't make any sense for someone so young to be so troubled, but looking back on her childhood, was it really so far fetched to think that she might have some baggage?

I wanna sleep, mama, Ro whispered to Illecebra, Will you sleep with me, please? There was nothing more that she wanted than to have her mother right by her side where she could feel her and smell her and know that she was real.