[Solidarity is never uncomforting, Helios. Her fingers instinctively curl around his, eyes closing in an almost childlike expression of fear. She doesn't want to think about it, or deal with it...and she knows he's dealing wit hthe same thing. Only...]

I...it...shouldn't have...done that. My body can be destroyed...but my spirit? I felt it unmake me...Helios. And...and...[Tears come now, sparkling lights falling down her cheeks.]...I was so alone. I...my grandmother...my grandfather...my family...there wasn't anything t-t-they could do to...s-stop it...

[Her head sags, and she draws her legs up against herself, suddenly shivering.]

I'm...not supposed to b-b-be able to be...destroyed l-like that. Just...cease...t-that's why I agreed to become w-what I am. So I...wouldn't ever stop existing...