[Understanding is about the most Jade can expect. It's hardly the first time she's shared the gritty details of her broken childhood to those who've asked -- or at least pieces of it.]

Believe me, there are people who probably deserve worse.

[For now, she leaves it at that, remiss to expend any more breath on her father's sorry existence at the risk of bringing back his ghost.

[Ignoring the shifting shadows and whispering voices crawling from the delusion, Jade looks at Dimitri instead.]

If you'd like... I was gonna ask, but wasn't sure if I should.

[It's bloody Trauma Dump Hour, so why not.]