memories like poison

But I am? She frowned at the thought that she was not an experiment anymore. That felt wrong. Strange... befuddling. I was a creation, an experiment, at birth. Therefore I always will be one? She's confused, obviously. She'd never experienced the full extent of the horrors of being Ghilan'nain's toy.

The other introduced herself, finally, and Sivene smiled brightly, as if her confusion melted away with the name.

Maybe it did.

Maybe she just didn't want to linger.

Are you okay?