[He leans back a little, regarding her thoughtfully, not sure where to begin. Whether to begin. Finally, though, he decides-- or perhaps the curse decides for him, spurs him to blurt something out.]
Turned her. She didn't-- [He frowns, shifting uncomfortably.] Would've died over that. Didn't eat, after. Bit herself. It makes you sicker, turns you into something else. Executed her, with the rest of the subsiders, later.
[Want is a difficult word. It's not that Eden reminds him of Alison Bromley-- he never knew her at all, for one thing-- but bringing all this up, he hardly feels like he deserves the privilege.]
She made herself sick. We dragged them out into the sun.
Oy?
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Hey.
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Gimme.
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Curse might make me crazy if I keep quiet.
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Then talk to me.
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I killed a girl. Your age, maybe a little older.
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Yeah?
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Do yeh turned her and she killed herself.
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She made herself sick. We dragged them out into the sun.
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Yeah, it does.
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[He lets out a long breath, shutting his eyes but not turning away.]
Might've been mercy for them. Really just wasn't anything else we could do.
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Do yeh see her, when yeh look at me?
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