[She purses her lips, frowning slightly, and refuses to look at him as she processes that. You done pushed the Hot Button, McCree, and she has to take a moment to bring her feelings under control before she can reply.]
Did you know -- [Her throat feels tight, and she has to take another second to breathe before attempting again;] did you know, she wouldn't let me join?
[To have to sit there and watch your family fall apart from the outside like that, to have the most important person in your life hold you back from doing something. She chances a glance up at him and it's all there, transparent in her eyes; it's harsh, and hard, and bitter, and hurt. Whatever had happened on the inside, she felt she had been barred from doing anything useful. She's still angry. Not at him, not at the situation that she knows she doesn't comprehend, but at her mother for blocking her.]
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Did you know -- [Her throat feels tight, and she has to take another second to breathe before attempting again;] did you know, she wouldn't let me join?
[To have to sit there and watch your family fall apart from the outside like that, to have the most important person in your life hold you back from doing something. She chances a glance up at him and it's all there, transparent in her eyes; it's harsh, and hard, and bitter, and hurt. Whatever had happened on the inside, she felt she had been barred from doing anything useful. She's still angry. Not at him, not at the situation that she knows she doesn't comprehend, but at her mother for blocking her.]