“That who she has been for most of her life. She always wants to lock people out. I prayed for a day when she would change, when she would come back to me.”
“So all that you have told me really about happened?”
“Everything my boy. Everything I have told you, she went through all of that, it made her who she is today. I think she tries to hide her true emotions under this mask, this mask of being a chief, wanting to gain the power to protect others like her. That is why she helps those she wants because it comforts her.”
Drom looked into her eyes, they aged well. It was surprising how far she walked despite being her age.
“And what about me, I am a man. Why does she help me, you said it yourself, her father made her despise men.”