[She addresses Heather with the name she knows her by; the name Claudia will always consider her true name. It would have been her name had that kidnapper not stolen her away.
She doesn't quite react to the rage, to the hateful words. Because she knows she deserves them. Claudia knows now how cruel it had been to force her very dear friend to birth God. It should have been her all along. So she lets Alessa slap her with all of that violence and anger she knows she deserves.]
Because the world still needed saving.
[There will be no horror or cruelty in Paradise. This, she fervently believes.]
cw: violence, threats, death mentions
[She addresses Heather with the name she knows her by; the name Claudia will always consider her true name. It would have been her name had that kidnapper not stolen her away.
She doesn't quite react to the rage, to the hateful words. Because she knows she deserves them. Claudia knows now how cruel it had been to force her very dear friend to birth God. It should have been her all along. So she lets Alessa slap her with all of that violence and anger she knows she deserves.]
Because the world still needed saving.
[There will be no horror or cruelty in Paradise. This, she fervently believes.]