My Divine-damned mind was warped into the mold of someone else’s purpose. The abuse came in shades of gray. Some were darker and more noticeable than others. Some, I probably haven’t even noticed yet. My healing from this isn’t going to happen overnight. But...I’m free now. Truly free. For the first time in twenty years, I have the chance to decide who I’m going to be, how I’m going to be. And I don’t want to waste it on him. I want to sever his effects as meticulously and as thoroughly as he severed me.

