00:00I watched my father lift Lyra in his arms, unblinking, and after they turned away, I climbed a tree, and
00:05pretended it was my father holding me.
00:07To earn even a shadow of that love, I made myself obedient in every way.
00:11When they said I must marry the Fae King, I did not protest.
00:15When they handed me the wine, I did not suspect.
00:18I drank every drop, grateful and trembling with surprise at being seen at all.
00:22Inside the bridal palanquin, the poison took hold.
00:26I clawed at the wooden walls until my fingers were shredded and raw.
00:29The pain was absolute, viscera burning, black blood spilling from my lips, and then at last I went still.
00:36My parents rushed into the mountains, not to save me.
00:40They could not wait for my body to cool before stripping the gown.
00:43She had glimpsed violin once, and from that moment she had thought of nothing else.
00:47She begged.
00:48She starved herself.
00:50My parents relented.
00:51They decided that on the wedding night, once I had died, Lyra would take my place.
00:55I was their blood, too.
00:56From first breath to last, I had not received a single moment of tenderness.
01:01We cannot leave her body here to be found.
01:03My mother glanced at the cliff edge.
01:05Do we carry her down?
01:07My father looked into the bottomless dark below.
01:10Throw her over.
01:11Leave nothing behind.
01:13They lifted me.
01:14They tossed my body over the edge.
01:16The sound of impact drifted up a moment later.
01:19They exhaled.
01:22Finally, that cursed thing is gone.
01:26My body shattered.
01:28The chain on my spirit broke free.
01:30My parents slipped into the darkness and descended the mountain.
01:33TheyŃŃ crossed my mind.
01:33They started moving.
01:34...
01:34The Honda,ā
01:34The family bƔsica.
01:34To me with your help.
01:36They came above the rest.
01:36The area into the mountain.
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