[it takes a minute for her to sort through it, to figure out what even happened. her brain is less scrambled, but.]

I thought I grew up where I was. [she says, finally.] I thought I was someone made to kill demons, but they weren't demons. I think they were just people.

[she shivers - and then settles into a consistent tremble, pressing her face against his chest. there's sweat, where he's stroking her hair back.]

Had me on drugs that warped my mind, made me see shit that wasn't there.