all I hear are screams

Had she known his concern with her leaving - she would have explained. Explained she hadn't left at al, really, but stayed in the area, watching silently. Explain that it was her presence that was causing such an issue, so she removed herself. She wouldn't have explained that it felt she didn't matter, but that was also a large part of it. Sparrow called for family only; had Lillie not been with Finch, then she would never have known it was happening, because only family mattered. She was not family. She removed herself.

When Lark's words reached her ears, cold, precise, she flinched. Her ears flattened to her head, and she looked away. Why? Why did she come? Why did she think it would make any sort of difference? It was a distraction, sure, but not the type she exactly wanted. But what did she want anyways? "I'm sorry," she whispered, voice ragged. "I-I shouldn't have." She wanted to get up, leave, but she remained crouched where she was, head bowed. She didn't want to move, she had to move. She needed to leave, but she desperately did not want to.

She had to though. She forced herself to her paws, all the while trembling violently. Lark's next question made her snap her head back up, green eyes glittering. "You're the only one I haven't seen die yet, Lark." There, would that suffice? He was probably next, anyways. And what then? She didn't even want to think of it.

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