It was worse than she could have ever imagined. Yet still...<br/><br/>Even as Alice was overpowered and put into a vulnerable position, she continued to look up at her in defiance. The sadness of everything she heard could be seen visibly throughout her body, but that piercing gaze never faltered.<br/><br/>"I don't know why! It's not my fault and it isn't yours either! We couldn't save the people we loved! I want to pretend I wasn't home when they came, but I was! I saw them do it!" She screamed her admission of guilt and flipped herself up onto her feet, shoving Athena back with sudden strength. Her voice suddenly calmed, but her body language was that of a wild animal ready to strike. "He was the only person who had ever cared about me, other than my parents. They had died when I was too young to remember them. I had been pushed from one relative to the other, each more resentful than the last. He took me out of a home where all they did was beat me. He taught me to defend myself, to beat someone else instead of them beating me. That man may not have even been my true uncle, but he's more family than anyone has ever been."<br/><br/>It seemed as if she was beginning to calm down, until the next thing she said made her snap. "Then the men in white came, and took him from me!<em>No one had that right!</em>" In a flash her body bolted forward, adrenalin and rage fueling her. She slammed into Athena and pushed her back across the room, slamming her into the same piece of furniture that held the urns. As soon as they stopped she fell against her.<br/><br/>"I hid...I hid while they murdered him in front of me. Dragged his bloody body across the dojo. I'll never forget that trail of blood. They poured gasoline on him in the center of the room, and lit him on fire." She sobbed, shaking her head and punching her leg as she clutched to it. "They hadn't even killed him...they left him alive to burn. Everything was gone. I don't know who they were, all I saw was the white."<br/><br/>It took a minute for her words to come back to her. "He wouldn't want me like this. No excuses, he would say. Move on with my life, and do what makes me happy." She looked up to her from the floor. "That's what she would say too."