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Riff Raff and Magenta had always been closer than most brothers and sisters were. During childhood, they had been united in the abuse they both had suffered at the hands of their drunken father. Their mother never tried to stick up for her two children, and in that sense, was never much of a mother. She just made sure that she was away when her husband would come home in one his drunken rages, forgetting the safety of her son and daughter.

Riff Raff was three years his sister's senior and had always felt a need to protect her. He had tried his best to make sure she was in bed by the time their father got home at night, and he was the one who had take most of the beatings. Even in his childhood, his flesh was scarred due to his father's whip, but he would do anything in his power to make sure his precious baby sister never had to suffer the same fate.

One night that he would remember always, he had fallen asleep early. Like their father, they were sent to work at young ages and were never able to enjoy the simplicities in life that other children took for granted. Coming from a poor family, Riff Raff could not hope for anything better than to work for a rich man the rest of his life. He never questioned the ranking of those he worked for, and he would work until the sun set each day. He would return home with Magenta, who had to clean the master's house, and try to tidy up before their father got home. He sat down at the table to rest a bit, but moments after he lied his head down, he was asleep.

Magenta knew well that if they were in the kitchen when their father got home, they would have to pay a price, but she couldn't just leave her sleeping brother there. She contemplated carrying him to their shared room, but she could never support his weight without waking him. He needed sleep. He got so little sleep, and while he pretended that the beatings he got didn't affect him, she knew better. She finished making dinner, and put a plate of food where her father sat. She sat down next to her brother and watched him sleep. Without him, she couldn't imagine what life would be like. They needed each other, more than they possibly imagine.