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"Negi, you might think you can survive this place on your own. But everything gets worse within the days. We need you. And you need us. All of us orphans, boys and girls, we do our best to stay together. We need to somehow develop a trust. Please don't stop talking, I promise I won't stop listening. Your words are valued. By me, by all of us."
She then spoke. "The day my parents died, I saw a black figure staring at me through my bedroom windows. I had sworn to never speak again, afraid I'd speak of it. But I did. I spoke again and I made friends here. I survive the beatings every day. But it haunts me, seeing that figure in my mind. It's as if it sealed my lips when I saw it."