Second Song ♪♫ (stage four)

[heart_x_strings]

[phone]

Everyone. I have something to tell you all.

[There's a clinking of pots and pans in the background as she pauses for a moment.]

When I was a little girl, I almost burned my house down. On purpose. My parents were going overseas to present a thesis, and died when their plane crashed into the ocean. I took it upon myself to get rid of the thing

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[femtags]

....Oh, I'm so sorry to hear about your parents...

[heart_x_strings]

...thank you.

[She hesitates before spitting out more truth...]

I get panic attacks when I think someone I know is gone. It frightens me to think I could lose more precious friends...

[femtags]

...I know how that feels...

When my parents died in the car crash, I cried myself to sleep many times. [...Wait, what? She didn't for it to come out like that]

[heart_x_strings]

Y-Your parents are deceased, too?

[femtags]

Yes and...I saw it too...

[heart_x_strings]

[Gasping.]

Oh, no. That's awful. I was only home alone when I heard about the crash...

[femtags]

I-It's okay, I mean I managed to live with foster care for the past 10 years or so!

[heart_x_strings]

Hmm. How did you do so? I've lived alone since they passed...

[femtags]

In a way, even with foster care, I kind of lived alone too...

Every year, I had to travel to a different home and a different setting so I had to learn how to take care of myself.

[heart_x_strings]

[Awww. She'd give you a hug if this was in person, Minako.]

You're a very brave person, then.

[femtags]

Nah, I'm not, I just lucky.

A little bit too lucky sometimes.

[heart_x_strings]

Too...lucky?

[femtags]

having something sealed inside of you can has its benefits sometimes.

[heart_x_strings]

Sealed...inside?

[femtags]

I had Pharos sealed inside me for about 10 years, that might explain why I had been so lucky after all this time.

[heart_x_strings]

Is-is that some kind of demon...?!