"You have to!" Someone has to -- Melanie should avoid as many people as possible, so if Sara can help make her safe, or safer, that's the smartest way to do it. "Or tie me up, or something, so I can't hurt anyone."
She watches Sara slowly start to understand, but winces at the question. "No. Not exactly." There are times, when the lessons are going well, that she wonders how Dr. Caldwell didn't decide they were alive sooner. They're so different from normal Hungries.
Not different enough, though. Not to people like Sara.
"Sort of," she amends. "I--I get hungry. I'm not hungry all the time." She shifts anxiously, then holds her hands out, wrists together, fists curled. "But it doesn't matter. You have to help me!"
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Date: 2017-08-23 07:59 pm (UTC)From:She watches Sara slowly start to understand, but winces at the question. "No. Not exactly." There are times, when the lessons are going well, that she wonders how Dr. Caldwell didn't decide they were alive sooner. They're so different from normal Hungries.
Not different enough, though. Not to people like Sara.
"Sort of," she amends. "I--I get hungry. I'm not hungry all the time." She shifts anxiously, then holds her hands out, wrists together, fists curled. "But it doesn't matter. You have to help me!"