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Alice raised a brow and smiled. Horses, how random. But he was so determined to have them in his life. Listening to his plans was heart-warming. He had visions of the future, good ones. No wonder he'd survived all this. He had a dream worth living for. "I'm sure you will be fine. After what you've been through...you can do just about anything."

When the questions got directed at her, Alice switched her gaze back over the landscape. She was beginning to get uncomfortable. These big questions..she never thought about them. At least not since she was a child. It was hard for her to tell just anyone these things. While Isamu could go off into his beautiful wondrous world, Alice blocked herself from any of it. She just tried to keep herself out of harm's way.

At this point, what more harm could be done?

"I loved my mom.." Alice whispered finally. It wasn't an answer, really. But it was all she really had. Anything good from the past all returned to her mom. Beautiful, tall. Always laughing. "When she passed, my father.." She gulped, then after taking a deep breath, "he hated me. I reminded him too much of her. From time to time I'd transform without thinking. She'd weave into my body because her soul could still travel. But my dad, he was just a human. He couldn't handle that. So I left." She'd leave out the abusiveness for now. It wouldn't be right to have him take pity on her after all he'd been through. She was there to comfort, not to bring him any further down than he was. "I guess I wished I could...get her back. But I can't. And I don't even really remember her."

Alice sent her fingers into transparency. She looked down at them, studying them carefully and just wondering. "Other than that, I guess I haven't really had time to think about what I want. It never really seemed to matter."