[Ash can't mask the surprise, and the bit of empathy in her eyes as Kalmiya opens up to her. She hadn't exactly expected the other girl to have her own story that hit quite as home as it did with Ash's own experiences.

The first time she tapped into her powers. The first time she struck back when someone had tried to hurt her. They weren't the exact same, but it was too cases of them both not knowing their own strength.]

It's... scary when you don't know your own strength. I'm sorry you had to go through that. And that the family still don't know about it.

[There's a moment where she feels a little half smile pop up. It wasn't appropriate but- it was her family.]

My adoptive dad- He probably would have made a flesh suit out of him. Found a way to give some closure and take the heat off of you.

He was... An interesting con artist.

[She had cut off ties from Clarence since then, but she still had fond memories of travelling with him and Fox.

She accepts the small beat for what it was, and then moved on.]

They came for him. ...And in the end he went back with them.

They all left me alone.