[ No, it hasn't been easy. She's lost so much in just a few short years that to suddenly be so completely alone has been... Well, if she hadn't already been broken, this would have done it. Instead, she's just been pulled deeper into the ocean of misery inside her, the surface so high above that she no longer feels any hope of reaching it.

It's surprising enough to hear that there are other worlds where he's from, let alone some with people like her. The knowledge makes her turn her full attention to him, as if trying to uncover a mystery she isn't even aware of. And then he surprises her again with that insight. ]

Back home, people don't know what I am. My friends do, but some of them are vampires too, or other things that aren't what people consider normal. We all hide what we are so we can stay safe and try to live normal lives.