Going into Follen's office was like stepping into a nice warm bath. As soon as he closed the door, she immediately felt relaxed and at ease; she knew that she could tell him basically anything and he'd never judge her, not one bit. But even then, sometimes words still stuck in her throat when she was talking to him; things that she just felt strange and awkward saying. Like now. She wanted to ask his advice about Roaki, but...it just felt weird for the first thing she talked about to be someone else.

So instead, she talked about something that [i]was[/i] about her. Her mood, so recently put at ease, visibly sobered, and she waited for a moment more, putting her thoughts together before she spoke:

"[color=ffe63d]...I think my parents are dead.[/color]"

Once she said the first thing, the rest came more easily, and she continued, "[color=ffe63d]I never knew their names when I was back...back there. They were just [i]Mom[/i] and [i]Dad.[/i] But I looked them up yesterday morning. I wanted...I wanted answers. I wanted to know [i]why.[/i][/color]

She shivered a bit, and clenched her hands around the arms of the chair. "[color=ffe63d]But I found out that they were coming back to Hovvi when they found out about the singularity opening, and now nobody's seen them since.[/color]" She sucked in a long, deep breath in an attempt to calm herself. One. Two. Three.

"[color=ffe63d]And...and I know they did really awful things to me,[/color]" her voice took on a noticeable tremble, "[color=ffe63d]and I should hate them for it. I should be glad that they're gone so they can't hurt anybody else. But...but it makes me sad.[/color]" For a moment, she thought back to her dream of last night, of [color=black]Quinnlash[/color] telling her it was because she was [i]Mom[/i]. Because she dug herself deep into her mind, deep as she could. But Quinn didn't really know exactly what that meant.

Or...no, she knew what it meant. But...

But she was scared.

She wanted [color=black]Quinnlash[/color] to be wrong. Wanted there to be some other reason. And if there was, then it would be Follen who knew. 

"[color=ffe63d]I don't understand. Why does it [i]upset me[/i] so much?[/color]"