It is difficult to hear the echo when she feels the same words every day, every night, every fresh failure.



...Either way, no time to waste on that now. Nemesis forces her breathing back towards steady; wipes violently at her face. Pushes back to her feet. There's much more important things to worry about here--so much better people to worry about.

She heads back out to the alleyway. Ashley had said there was something Req might want down here, right?