"I can't," she said, more anger in her voice than she intended, fire forming around her fingers before she calmed down. "Please...don't ask me to."<br/><br/>"Oh my god," Nicole said, appearing suddenly nearby. "I...I'm sorry for intruding, but for a moment I saw what she was trying to hide. Whoever...whatever did that to her...it didn't just hurt her, she was effectively dead for several weeks."<br/><br/>"I went somewhere I've spent two decades doing everything to try and forget," Katya said grimly. "I wasn't the same person when I came back."