She clawed at the hands around her neck, her vision growing blurry as the pressure increased. Suddenly he let go and she collapsed on the floor crying gin pain as the blood rushed to her head and the air to her lungs.
She looked up and saw the man above her turn and start walking out her bedroom.
"Daddy, why do you keep hurting me?"
"It's for your own good, I'm trying to make you stronger. One day powerful men are going to try and use you for your abilities, but I am trying to give you the strength to fight them off and use your talents to follow your own path."
She nodded and looked down at her blue skin as he walked out the room, shutting the door behind him. She pulled herself up and climbed into bed, trying to believe that all this pain was worth it but still placing the money she had taken from her father's wallet in the secret hole in her mattress for when she ran away.