[Filter: Allison]

[clearly not Lila's writing]

H-hi...Allison? Lila let me borrow her journal so I could better explain things.

I can't go home.

While I was on the road, this guy tried to touch me. He wouldn't stop and when he started to try to take my dress off...I...I went crazy. I kicked him in the groin and hit his face with my staff. I think I might've broken his jaw, he was in pretty bad shape when I ran away.

After I got over the shock of what happened, I realized, I can't go back to being mother's soft-spoken doll. I liked the feeling of defending myself...I always thought Lila was great, and now I know why. It feels good to stand up for yourself and stand your ground.

When I told Lila, she said I should tell our mother so she'd understand I wasn't helpless, but...if mother knew I was almost assaulted she'd use that as even more proof I should be shut away in a convent and protected from the world.

So I'm here now, and doing my best to stay out of everyone's way.

[Lila's writing]

So there you have it. My little sister beat up some jerk who wanted to rape her, but she can't stand up to our mom.

I really wish she'd go home, running away doesn't solve anything...

[Filter: Hasten, Amaeyra]

...Now I understand how you must have felt that time, trying to convince Lady Elthea to come home.