Katherine took her barbs, every last one. She deserved every word even if none of them were true. She never should have raised a hand to her, not to her little shadow. But then Sita wasn't her shadow anymore. Wounded brown eyes clung to floor as she let her sibling go on. She'd earned her right to speak her peace. "I gave you letters. I try to give you safe haven, show you a betta' way. When all that failed I even tried to come for you, but they wouldn't allow that," she spoke her numb words to the floor in shame. The last words stung like no other, finally hitting on the last of Katherine's inner pain. Though she desperately tried to school her expression the agony in her eyes could not be so easily cloaked as she raised her chin to reply, "Yes. I did. And I have the scars to prove it."