<span style="color: #404040">"i haven't been able to visit Miriam, Ruby or Nail because of my curse... it's going to be difficult to make up for all of this. I'm afraid your right about our instincts but between the two of us I'm hoping we will be able to help each other find a balance."</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #ffff00">"why? their flaws and issues sometimes exasperate me but i enjoy helping them. when i walk into a burning building and extinguish the flames and banish the smoke with a beat of my wings and reach down to offer my hand to the people who were trapped inside... the look of pure wonder, joy and gratitude... it soothes the pain of being viewed as a monster for eons. being hugged and cried on by people who don't hate me soothes the loneliness of being left in a black hole alone for thousands of years at a time when the Counsel didn't need me. the reward is worth the exasperation and sometimes irrational conversations. the relationship issues are harder but i just read their minds and lead them to the things they want to say."</span>she nodded and chuckled.<span style="color: #ffff00">"yes, in fact our conversation went so poorly that i drove the Animus to drink and then it drove me to drinking... that is the recipe for an infinite loop of drinking and there is a finite amount of whiskey so that is a problem."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>