[Still focused on the drawing, pen gliding over the angles repeatedly, ink darkening with each pass. Peacefulness]
As a child, I held a lot of naïve opinions about vampires. Little by little those opinions changed from the experiences I had. It isn't about forgiving or not forgiving. It's about preventing those same experiences from happening to others.
I didn't ask for things to be this way. Even here I haven't been able to prevent them from happening. But there are things I can do. To turn my back on what I am and pretend these things aren't happening would be at the expense of the sacrifices I've made and others have made for me.