Soot: Have you ever hurt anyone that you didn’t mean to?

The small, white-blonde woman stiffened and swallowed a couple of times. Finally, she managed a response, nearly a whisper. ‘Considering how things have been going, with maybe having precipitated the death of one of my very best friends ever? And how much that’s hurt all her sisters and my fiancées….’ She sighs. ‘When don’t I, might be a better question.’

Bonfire: What’s one thing you lost that you want back?

‘That… people ask me things sort of like that… and all I can think is that, if things were different in a way that mattered… I wouldn’t be who I am now. And that means maybe not having what I have now.’ She sighs. ‘Though, in terms of things that maybe could change without such drastic side effects… it’s stupid, but I miss my scars, now that I don’t have them.’

Stars: What’s one wish you have?

‘I used to wish… that mother would get well, and things would go back to normal. But now…? I haven’t considered that in a while.’ She sighs, tapping her cheek. ‘I suppose… I wish for these crazy wars to end.’ She snorts, shaking her head at herself. ‘Not that it’s possible. But sometimes… I can’t help still being a foolish little girl somewhere inside.’