<span style="color: #4dffa6">"thanks for explainin' it but it don't make much difference to Ashia... she was raped, murdered and lost somethin' like eighty kids all in a week, she is a wreck."</span>Anna frowned a little and shook her head.<span style="color: #4da6ff">"your mother uses her own powers to hear you but yes, i will speak to her for you."</span><br/><br/>Inaara jumped slightly but Ashia didn't so much as open her eyes.<span style="color: #8000ff"> <span style="color: #a64dff">"she can't hear you, she has retreated far into her own mind and i don't know if i can bring her back... she is just howling in there... no words, no thoughts, just an endless howl of anguish. don't tell the others but i have been controlling her body to make it eat."</span></span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>