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She accepts Contracts liberally. There are almost none that she turns down.

The people of this place know what that means. They say nothing, but she feels their eyes on her.

She can sense her mother's disappointment after each return, and this alone makes her feel shame.

But this place is too small, too suffocating. Trapped here, she feels like she is nothing.

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She speaks with her sister frequently. There is relief to be found in how little she cares of such things.

Her sister loves to uncover the truths hidden behind the details of reality. Her workings are second only to God's.

She speaks to her, once, and tells her of the wrongness she has seen in Him. But she has no proof, and this is everything to the sister, so nothing comes of it.

But the girl has her instincts, and this is what is everything to her.