I know it's cruel. Just existing is cruel to her...but I can't tell her. I don't want her to hurt herself. That's why I was forbidden to be near her in the first place.

_{[Peony makes it sound so simple but it really isn't. He's been conditioned to act a certain way, to be a certain way, and while he is different from his original it's hard to break that way of thinking. It'll take some time.]}