Liliana would personally rot anybody who even breathed a word about this from the inside out and then raise them up as a zombie so she could do it again, but as Eleanor continued to sob, she stood up, and tried to get Eleanor to stand as well, so she could pull the girl in for a hug.

These were incredibly extenuating circumstances, thank you. Don't anybody expect this to happen again.

"You don't have to be sorry," she said quietly. "You have no idea just how deeply I understand what you are going through right now. So take the time to cry."

It was possible Liliana would have become a different person if she'd had someone say those words to her, once upon a time.