Hansa; Catch-all

[misstrust]

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[misstrust]

No, not quite. I suppose I did my nightly prayers when I was younger, before things changed.

[ And then she'd had to look after herself. ]

[robopriest]

[A raise of the eyebrow.]

What things?

[misstrust]

My father lost his hand and turned to drinking and abuse. My mother left us both.

[ she says it very flatly. ]

[robopriest]

...I'm sorry. That's horrible.

[Dorothy...]

[misstrust]

[ She smiles, a little humorlessly. ]

I just don't think prayers or reaching out for help accomplished much. So I didn't give them the answers they wanted.