Sera’s question made her feel seen and Mira needed this, having lived all her life following her father’s orders.
“I saw that he was going to do this to me,” Mira replied to her sister, happy to be allowed to explain herself, clean her name. She didn’t want her siblings to turn on her, the same way a child might fear being left out on the playground.
“At the time, it hadn’t made sense, but in hindsight I see what my Vision had meant when I saw he would betray me. And -” She stopped herself now, not sure she was ready to tell them how he’d made her report to him. She really, really didn’t want them to hate her. She didn’t want to be left out! That was all she could think about, her chest tightening as she grabbed onto Robin’s arm, as if waiting for him to tell her it was okay for her to speak, that he loved and forgave her, that he had her back.
“I saw that he was going to do this to me,” Mira replied to her sister, happy to be allowed to explain herself, clean her name. She didn’t want her siblings to turn on her, the same way a child might fear being left out on the playground.
“At the time, it hadn’t made sense, but in hindsight I see what my Vision had meant when I saw he would betray me. And -” She stopped herself now, not sure she was ready to tell them how he’d made her report to him. She really, really didn’t want them to hate her. She didn’t want to be left out! That was all she could think about, her chest tightening as she grabbed onto Robin’s arm, as if waiting for him to tell her it was okay for her to speak, that he loved and forgave her, that he had her back.
“I have a very childlike rage, and a very childlike loneliness.”
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