Thinking about it now, it was all lies.

But even if her words were just for show...

Sometimes, when she looked at me, I thought what I saw in her eyes was real.

To the very end...

I'm... not making much sense. I realize that.

I even saw her through to rout, but...

I start to feel like I'm still being deceived by her. The needle that she made me swallow stings.

I know I don't owe her a thing. And yet...