Sabine tightened her held hand around Meesei's hands. Sabine looked their hands. She still wept but she stopped her sobbing during Meesei's declaration.

Her blocked nose made Sabine's words distorted. "I feel strange," she said in a quivering voice. "You were always the strong one, Meesei. The champion. My mother. I always wished I could be like [i]you.[/i] How is it you could want to be like me?" Her brow wrinkled in worry. She still avoided Meesei's eyes. "What happened after I was captured? I want you to tell me now."