"An autocracy," he repeated her word back to her. "Nah. Our group definitely ain't like that." They didn't abandon their own like that. If someone was alive, even if they'd screwed up, they were still valued. They were still worth protecting.
It sounded like her group of survivors thought overly-well of themselves. Thought they were above the other groups. And worse yet, the man who'd adopted her had threatened her life for questioning him? No wonder she was so defensive of being allowed to make her own decisions.
"Ain't no one going to kill you for backtalking," he sighed. "Glad you had the smarts to get out of there when you did. Even if it was a safe place, it ain't worth putting up with that kind of shit just to be safe."
A lesson it had taken him until after the world went to shit to learn. Was still working through. She'd had the backbone to get out of her abuse. She was already stronger than he'd ever been.
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It sounded like her group of survivors thought overly-well of themselves. Thought they were above the other groups. And worse yet, the man who'd adopted her had threatened her life for questioning him? No wonder she was so defensive of being allowed to make her own decisions.
"Ain't no one going to kill you for backtalking," he sighed. "Glad you had the smarts to get out of there when you did. Even if it was a safe place, it ain't worth putting up with that kind of shit just to be safe."
A lesson it had taken him until after the world went to shit to learn. Was still working through. She'd had the backbone to get out of her abuse. She was already stronger than he'd ever been.