[ caroline's never heard of a mutant or the x-gene before, but to be fair, she also hadn't known that vampires were real up until fairly recently, and her family had apparently been part of an anti-vampire town council since the town had literally been founded. suffice it to say, she was used to being kept in the dark. ]
I wasn't born like this.
[ it doesn't matter, not really, but there's a distinction and she wants to make it. somebody did this to her, and now she has the opportunity to decide what to do with it. whether to hunt and prey, whether to keep it a secret, how and when to use what she can do to help or to hurt others... all choices, all ones she takes great care in making. she might be a monster, but she wants to be good. she wants to be worth keeping alive. ]
If I was... [ she shakes her head, a few waves falling loose to drape against her jawline. ] I don't think anybody wants their kid to grow up like this, you know?
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I wasn't born like this.
[ it doesn't matter, not really, but there's a distinction and she wants to make it. somebody did this to her, and now she has the opportunity to decide what to do with it. whether to hunt and prey, whether to keep it a secret, how and when to use what she can do to help or to hurt others... all choices, all ones she takes great care in making. she might be a monster, but she wants to be good. she wants to be worth keeping alive. ]
If I was... [ she shakes her head, a few waves falling loose to drape against her jawline. ] I don't think anybody wants their kid to grow up like this, you know?
[ her mother certainly didn't. ]