Roxy shrugged. She knew some teenagers had jobs. But most of them worked time and went to school. That hadn't been an option for her. She had had to support herself. [color=39b54a]"My situation was different. I had to support myself. Doing stupid teenage stuff wasn't an option."[/color] She wasn't ashamed of her past but that didn't mean that she liked talking about it. It hadn't been easy. It had been the lowest point of her life. [color=39b54a]"While you were probably enjoying your last little bit of freedom just in case you didn't have an anchor in your circle."[/color] No one knew when an empath's ability will activate. They say it during puberty. But everyone hit puberty at different times. Devika would have known that she might have to go isolation.