[Her pencil movement slows because that actually hurts to consider. Kamala can see where he got the idea from especially after having it confirmed someone watched her long enough to report back to the Merchant.] ... I was sleeping with the doll. Don't laugh, but I thought her face would scare off Djinn.
[She smiles. It'd been the only relief she could get until Allison helped her. Kamala isn't ashamed of what her sleep-deprived brain needed to cope.] I am pretty sure he wanted me to tell you guys that the undead are people too. We shouldn't just destroy them because it leaves their spirits wandering around and in pain.
It goes against everything I believe, but he was so convincing. I think I would have fallen for it enough to share his side of the story if the Merchant hadn't called up to tell me he knew Matthias was talking to me. Super creepy for the record, but the stuff he told me made it pretty obvious Matthias was probably messing with me.
[She adds details to his face with aggressively.] It is actually kind of scary how he knew exactly what to say to get me to listen to him. That stuff about being a dad, his daughter, and the idea that we showed up and hurt people just trying to live their lives because we didn't know better or care... it's like he knew exactly what would hurt me the most to hear. He knew I'd want to make it right.
[She finishes a cartoon-ish, but accurate version of the man she met earlier and shows it to Five. That can't be right, right? He probably just guessed a brown girl from Jersey City would have feelings about dads and people rolling up and wrecking the lives of people native to the land they're in. Maybe he would have said the same thing to you.
[She shrugs like it could be a real possibility and not something she's saying to feel better.]
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[She smiles. It'd been the only relief she could get until Allison helped her. Kamala isn't ashamed of what her sleep-deprived brain needed to cope.] I am pretty sure he wanted me to tell you guys that the undead are people too. We shouldn't just destroy them because it leaves their spirits wandering around and in pain.
It goes against everything I believe, but he was so convincing. I think I would have fallen for it enough to share his side of the story if the Merchant hadn't called up to tell me he knew Matthias was talking to me. Super creepy for the record, but the stuff he told me made it pretty obvious Matthias was probably messing with me.
[She adds details to his face with aggressively.] It is actually kind of scary how he knew exactly what to say to get me to listen to him. That stuff about being a dad, his daughter, and the idea that we showed up and hurt people just trying to live their lives because we didn't know better or care... it's like he knew exactly what would hurt me the most to hear. He knew I'd want to make it right.
[She finishes a cartoon-ish, but accurate version of the man she met earlier and shows it to Five. That can't be right, right? He probably just guessed a brown girl from Jersey City would have feelings about dads and people rolling up and wrecking the lives of people native to the land they're in. Maybe he would have said the same thing to you.
[She shrugs like it could be a real possibility and not something she's saying to feel better.]