Cassandra just shook her head. "She's not a very good person then, if she makes snap judgements based on scents" She muttered to herself, sitting back down, once more wrapping her arms around her knees.
Did you see things like this happening, mum? Is that why you didn't tell me, what I am, hoping to give me some normal life? It didn't work. I've always been friendless, lonely. And it doesn't seem to be getting better. I thought...I thought I had friends, but they seem to be gone now. And those I meet now...just don't understand. Why didn't you send me away? Did you think we were safe, with an academy master guarding us? You could have lived. He wanted me...it's my fault...
She closed her eyes, and waited for the others, tucking her head into her arms.