[She opens her mouth to speak but nothing comes out. The silence stretches for several long moments and then she takes a deep breath] I'm sorry. I never thought I'd tell anyone any of this. Not about what happened to my hearing or--

[Another deep breath.] I loved someone, trusted them, even though I knew better. Or I should have. And they... didn't control me like Slink did to Rae. But they let someone else in my head and told me it was right. That it fixed me. And I agreed for a long time until someone else helped me.