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[halfwitch]

[Private to Boyd Langton; forward dated to the 8th]

I need to talk to you. I did something. Don't be mad.

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[halfwitch]

She killed you? Why would she do that? Family doesn't do that!

[plays_with_dolls]

No, they don't. Why she did it? She thought with me gone, she could save the world.

She didn't. It ended exactly as I'd warned her it would except now everyone I cared about was in danger. Instead of they had listened they all would have been kept safe. Yes, the people who weren't my family would have suffered, but as I said before, they weren't important.

[halfwitch]

She was stupid. Even if it meant saving the world, it wouldn't have been worth it if you had to lose your family in the process. She should have listened. I would have listened. I bet Topher would have too.

[plays_with_dolls]

[Well Topher had been the one that wiped him, but Boyd didn't blame him for that. It was Echo's fault in the end.]

I'm glad to hear that and again I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier. I just wanted to protect you.

[halfwitch]

It's okay. I used to do the same thing to Hansel. Just know you can tell me things. I can handle it.

[plays_with_dolls]

I will, as long as you promise to do the same. No more hidings things from each other.

[halfwitch]

Does that mean you want to know everything?

[plays_with_dolls]

Yes. If you're willing to tell me.

[halfwitch]

[She shifts down into her seat.]

Like I said, I've killed people before. To protect Hansel. I had to, or they would have killed him.

[plays_with_dolls]

And there's nothing wrong with that. You understood what you had to do and you did it. I'll never judge you for that and don't let anyone else do it either.

[halfwitch]

They did. At least I think Dad did, even if he didn't know the specifics. I think he blames us for what happened to our old stepmother, too. Which is dumb because she died of a heart attack. I mean, I probably would have killed her because she tried to kill us, but I can't make someone get sick.

[plays_with_dolls]

He should hope the Porter never brings him here.

[Boyd would make a special place in the Attic just for him.]

[halfwitch]

I hope he doesn't either. I don't really want to hurt him because he's our dad and Hansel still loves him. But he's not a good person. Most people back home weren't.