[His thoughts mirror Tear's as she speaks, wondering whether his feelings for Diva are genuine at all, or the product of whatever connection she'd forced upon him -- a question he'd asked countless times before, with no answer seeming complete.]
She was lonely. [He's not certain why he feels the need to tell her, tell someone, that not every piece of her was bad.] All she ever wanted was a family. But she didn't know how to get it without... [forcing people. Manipulating them.]