She bows her head. Yeah... yeah, she can see that. ]
It's just... [ taking one, long drag from that stick now; breathing out, looking back up at Eli with her lips pressed together before she whispers: ] When Sakura asked if anyone would speak up for her... I just couldn't.
[ And perhaps, when Malia Saab -- a woman she barely knew, and one that she skirted on principle -- did, there was a tiny, guilty part of her that felt relieved. ]
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She bows her head. Yeah... yeah, she can see that. ]
It's just... [ taking one, long drag from that stick now; breathing out, looking back up at Eli with her lips pressed together before she whispers: ] When Sakura asked if anyone would speak up for her... I just couldn't.
[ And perhaps, when Malia Saab -- a woman she barely knew, and one that she skirted on principle -- did, there was a tiny, guilty part of her that felt relieved. ]