Kael's POV
"There will be days she is too weak, and days she will stand so strong you may not know how to deal with her. Her mind will remain volatile for a long time, or maybe forever. You must accept this broken version of her if you wish to keep her with you."
"As long as she stops attempting suicide, I am fine with any version of her," I said firmly. "Tell me what we must do to drive those thoughts out of her mind."
"The root of everything lies in the pain and suffering she has endured through the years," the doctor replied. "She has locked it all away. She trusts no one, sees no hope. She lives like the walking dead. First, we must free her mind from the prison of that pain."
"How do we do that?" I asked.
"By making her face it, making her talk about it. She needs to express what she has buried so deeply. It must be allowed to flow out," the doctor explained, then asked, "Have there been any instances that provoked strong reactions in her?"
