Heron Lake Plateau Hard time forgiving Even harder forgetting

There was no room in her for sympathy, and a part of her that took distinct pleasure from how upset her words made Bat look, much as she still continued to explain.  There was another part, a little one, that had the grace to feel bad, but it was squashed and shoved under the rug currently.  There was honestly likely nothing Bat could do to make up for it, because it had already come and gone, and the hurt was done.

"Well you should have."  She responded, her hackles lifting.  "But obviously you didn't care about us.  Glad you found a new family.  I found a new sister too."  And she's way better than you ever were, she thought silently, even as this last bit curdled in her stomach.  Mom would've likely smacked her to hear her talk like that, but mom was too easy on Bat.  She'd done nothing to deserve getting let off the hook for leaving.  She hadn't come here intending to get nasty but she'd also never been much for thinking of others' feelings.

Honestly she would love for Bat to come at her.  They they could fight and get over it, maybe, or just call it quits and Kiwi could be done with her. She just didn't want to have to pretend like everything was ok and it didn't happen.  That was one thing she couldn't do.