Truth
"I know the truth. Don't lie to me." Raven's stern monotone ordered.
"I…I won't."
"Why did you lie?" She concentrated on keeping her voice even, calm. She needed to seem composed.
"Just now?"
"You know what I'm talking about. When he asked you, why did you lie?" Raven couldn't bring herself to say his name.
"It's better that way."
"For you? Or for him?" She asked, quirking an eyebrow.
"For both, I think. I mean, do you think it would have been good for him? I think it would have hurt him more. Knowing what I am."
"We cannot change the truth. No matter how much we dislike it." Raven pushed an uncomfortable feeling down in her stomach. She knew the truth. She knew how he probably still felt about Terra, though she couldn't bring herself to pry with her powers. "Nor can we hide from it. For that does not make it go away."
"So what do you want from me, oh-wise-one?" The blond girl asked cheekily. Raven could feel her accepting the words though, and chose not to comment on it.
"Give him closure. Tell him the truth. I knew the truth the moment I saw you. Of course you remembered, no matter how much you did not want to. He didn't see it. Not after time and time again you told him that what he saw was wrong." Raven swallowed, trying to block the look on his face from her mind. "You misjudge his strength."
The blue eyed girl in front of her fidgeted uncomfortably for a moment. Raven waited patiently, as Terra refused to make eye-contact. She could feel the weak arguments bubbling up and dying inside her former teammate's throat.
"I- I don't know if I can face him anymore." She admitted, her voice getting slightly husky. "Not as Terra. Not as a monster." A tear slowly slipped across her cheek, landing softly on her lap.
Raven thought about her next words carefully. She wanted to tell the girl what she needed to hear, but wouldn't. Raven knew that Terra wouldn't believe, or listen, to her if she told her that she wasn't a monster. That she had merely been confused, and hurting. Terra wouldn't hear those words and be convinced.
So Raven decided to tell the girl something that would make her feel responsible for telling him. Beast Boy could make her feel better later.
"It's not about you. It's about Beast Boy."
So, this was tough for me. I had to feel sympathy for a character that I'm honestly not all that fond of. (Okay, if you ask around you'll hear some pretty CRAZY rumors that I want to punch Terra in the face). But, after some thought, I knew I had to give her a moment. Raven would. She's too diplomatic not to see Terra's side of things. Not that she likes it.
I'm thinking about doing a follow-up for this one. Undecided.