I returned my attention to her feet, and something clenched inside me when I saw the torn skin on the backs of her heels. “She didn’t tell me,” I growled under my breath. “She never does,” Lala said. Despite the cheery, but otherwise blankly emotionless lilt of her voice, I could not help but think I sensed a weary sort of comradery in her reply. As if she knew what it was like to try to care for Jaya when Jaya did not want to let anyone else near enough to do it. I decided that I liked this strange little bot.
