(Written In Elegant, Old Fashioned Handwriting)

[a_sin_for_him]

Has anyone had one of these 'family visits' before? They're scheduled for tomorrow and I'd like some idea of what to expect.

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[heavens-too-far.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I was no help at all - just a liability. I wasn't even worth finishing off.

There's not much else to do with it. I don't have anyone to be with, to protect, even just to earn money for. I've found a few people here, but who knows how long that will last.

[felled-hero.livejournal.com]

How could you expect to have been a help? You can't predict the future, how were you to know?

Why not live it for yourself?

[heavens-too-far.livejournal.com]

All of us were weak. Cecille was only nine, but my parents and I - there's no excuse. Any one of us should have been able to do something, but instead we were crushed.

There's nothing I want to live for. But I'm not so weak I'll invite death in, either. Existence is the best I can manage.

[felled-hero.livejournal.com]

So blame the bastards that were to cowardly to face someone that was a match for them. Don't blame yourself. Would you blame your parents, since they weren't strong enough either?

Then find something. If you aren't gonna life, you may as well give up.

[heavens-too-far.livejournal.com]

Don't think I don't blame the bandits. But if we'd been stronger, the bandits wouldn't have found us such easy prey, and my family might still be alive.

I tried that once. I won't be that weak again. I'll either die fighting or not at all.