[ Pouting is cute though... Vira stops heckling her long enough to fall silent; she knows she has to make a confession this week, but it's a difficult task for her, put off for days now and only shared in the privacy of their room. ]

Of course. I need to confess that you... rattle me.

[ It's very, very difficult to say that much, her words hesitant and halting, like by saying it, she's admitting defeat. But it gets a little easier once she's started. ]

...I'd sworn to be alone, so that my every thought was dedicated to Katalina. [ she was, frankly, obsessed with her. viciously so, for a very long time. harrow had felt it for herself. ] But before I came here, I could feel our bond start to change. Everything in me yearns and beats for her still, but it no longer fulfilled me, not wholly. I thought that coming here and distancing myself from any distractions would help, but...

I cannot help but feel close to some of you. You most of all. [ Harrow called it a relief, but she's scared to accept that. ] That I can even talk to you so openly speaks to how weak my heart has grown. Even so, I want to help you, to learn more of you and be near you. To... talk to you more.