Dahlia Martin is not in touch with reality. (heretoscream) wrote in motelca,
Dahlia | Alex
[She smiles a little at the sleepover comment and nods once, finally letting go of his hands before going over and settling herself on the floor.]
I guess...it started with Nana Lorraine. She was always kind of a strange woman, but I never thought much of it. It was just who she was. But when she lost Maddy, things got worse. She talked about the voices more and more and Daddy had her locked up. In Eichen House. [She looks a little tense as she talks about it, probably because of what she'd already mentioned before about herself.] It's Beacon Hills' crazy house. Everybody calls it Echo House because...well...the screams echo...and there's been a lot of suicide in those walls.
I was... seventeen when I got attacked. They said it was an animal...but... [She shakes her head a little.] whatever it was, it was supernatural, and transformative. Like a werewolf. I never figured out what it was, but-- the bite activated my powers. It's how all banshees come into their own, I think... [She bites her lip and decides to let him digest all of that before continuing.
She wouldn't have shared so much normally, but there was something trustworthy about Alex. And he was giving her peeks at his own story too, so she felt okay about it.]