The Amell Legacy: Transgressions

[Carver Amell]

"I.. I wouldn't know h-how."

[Merrill]

"Well... everyone s-seems okay w-with y-you n-n-now ssssso maybe they c-can teach you?"

[Carver Amell]

"Nobody will teach me. It's... kind of you to try to help me but..."

[Merrill]

Merrill sighs. "Oh. S-s-sorry."

[Carver Amell]

Carol is quiet for a bit, hesitating. "I suppose it.... There are women with short hair. I've seen them. It doesn't have to... I mean..."

[Merrill]

Perking up at the idea that she might still have been able to help little, Merrill nods quickly. "And it grows b-back if..."

[Carver Amell]

"R-right, exactly. And, I'm meant to b-be in h-hiding. L-long hair is distinctive."

[Merrill]

"Right," the elf agrees.  "Umm. H-hiding from...  S-s-sorry, never m-minds."

[Carver Amell]

"My.."

Here she hesitates, swallowing hard. "My fiance," she whispers. "It's just-- I didn't want to go, but-- it's just-- he... he hurt my sister, and Bells, and I..."

[Merrill]

"Oh. I... It it h-hurts wh-when you..." She swallows thickly unable to force the rest of the words out. Elder Marethari was always havingto pick between me and the rest of the village. Even when she picked me, it hurt because I could see it hurt her to do it.

[Carver Amell]

"I thought they went behind my back," she whispers, her voice dull. "I thought they were laughing at me, together. That's when I took the poison."

[Merrill]

"I..." She shudders, the hand atop Carol's tightening briefly. "I... c-couldn't imagine h-how I w-w-would f-ff-ffeeel if..."

[Carver Amell]

"But I guess... I guess he... My sister pushed him and he... I guess he raped her," she says quietly. "Now she hates me, she hates him, and he's... I can't go back. They'd stop me."

[Merrill]

The elf shivers, having always been aware that that was a possible fate. In fact, that had been one of the reasons why she never made an effort to stay clean. Besides mud is almost as good as a blanket. "You w-want to go b-back? Even though he... d-d-did that? To an-n-nyone?"

[Carver Amell]

"I love him," she says quietly. "I was happiest with him."