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Oh uses her given name and she flinch. On a whim, she tells it to call her Tip. She does not know why. It does not ask but simply corrects itself. Tell me, it requests, and the Carrier does. She tells it a story of a time where there was no Carrier, where there was no hope nor light. She tells it a story about a young girl, which did not understand what she did when she picked up a lantern and decided to take all the pain.
Take all the pain herself, because of course it is better that she hurts instead of everyone else… right?
When the Carrier has told her story, the soul looks up at her and dries away its tears. It tells her how sorry it is. She believes it and tells it that it is not its fault.