[She nods. That was their agreed upon story; it was mostly true.] I was only twelve when we met. It was the worst day of my life.
[She starts to walk away from the apartments. Caterina trusts him to follow. She doesn't think she can sit still while talking about this.] My mother was the Duchess of Milan at the time. She was idealistic and hopelessly romantic. She loved the world and only wished to do what was right for everyone which isn't nearly as popular as one would think. To make a long story short our world is cruel to those who aren't born as normal human beings. A person with a power like yours would never know peace unless someone with great political power shielded them.
[Caterina smiles in a cynical amusement.] Those traits would have been fine though. Her power was limited outside our city so no one would have thought of silencing her. The trouble was she loved a man who could make those things happen; God's messenger on Earth, the assumed leader of the majority of humankind, the Pope. She went so far as to have a child with him who even at a young age was clearly gifted and believed just as her mother did. It became obvious to those who wished to destroy our world in secret that one or perhaps both of them would be a great threat in the near future to their plans.
[Caterina looks uneasy and hugs herself. What she thinks must be a long, dull backstory for Wade has finished. She pushes forward even as her vision blurs.] You can imagine where I am going with this... it was the kind of horror you would expect from this place. They sent a swarm of vampires to our home; a very savage lot of them at that. I watched helplessly as countless guards, my mother's side of the family, and eventually my mother were ripped to pieces among other things which are too terrible to say even here.
[The tears finally fall now at a steady pace. Caterina hardly seems to notice.] She convinced me to run toward the end. The situation was so terrible at that point I knew if nothing else it'd spare her from watching her beloved daughter die. I went to hide in the tomb of the Dark Saint, to appeal to her for protection, ... and I found someone else in there already; Abel. When the vampires finished with my mother and came for me, Abel killed them with ease.
The only thing we knew about each other is that we were both alone and utterly disgusted by what had happened. When we finally spoke he told me, "I have to protect humans. So I saved you." I told him in return, "I have to stop the enemies of mankind. Let's fight together."
From that day forward, we were always together even circumstances kept us physically apart. Everything we did was for the sake of our promise. We didn't want anyone to suffer as we did and yet we ended up in a place where everyone suffers without exception. I alone carry that promise and it's nearly unbearable.
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[She starts to walk away from the apartments. Caterina trusts him to follow. She doesn't think she can sit still while talking about this.] My mother was the Duchess of Milan at the time. She was idealistic and hopelessly romantic. She loved the world and only wished to do what was right for everyone which isn't nearly as popular as one would think. To make a long story short our world is cruel to those who aren't born as normal human beings. A person with a power like yours would never know peace unless someone with great political power shielded them.
[Caterina smiles in a cynical amusement.] Those traits would have been fine though. Her power was limited outside our city so no one would have thought of silencing her. The trouble was she loved a man who could make those things happen; God's messenger on Earth, the assumed leader of the majority of humankind, the Pope. She went so far as to have a child with him who even at a young age was clearly gifted and believed just as her mother did. It became obvious to those who wished to destroy our world in secret that one or perhaps both of them would be a great threat in the near future to their plans.
[Caterina looks uneasy and hugs herself. What she thinks must be a long, dull backstory for Wade has finished. She pushes forward even as her vision blurs.] You can imagine where I am going with this... it was the kind of horror you would expect from this place. They sent a swarm of vampires to our home; a very savage lot of them at that. I watched helplessly as countless guards, my mother's side of the family, and eventually my mother were ripped to pieces among other things which are too terrible to say even here.
[The tears finally fall now at a steady pace. Caterina hardly seems to notice.] She convinced me to run toward the end. The situation was so terrible at that point I knew if nothing else it'd spare her from watching her beloved daughter die. I went to hide in the tomb of the Dark Saint, to appeal to her for protection, ... and I found someone else in there already; Abel. When the vampires finished with my mother and came for me, Abel killed them with ease.
The only thing we knew about each other is that we were both alone and utterly disgusted by what had happened. When we finally spoke he told me, "I have to protect humans. So I saved you." I told him in return, "I have to stop the enemies of mankind. Let's fight together."
From that day forward, we were always together even circumstances kept us physically apart. Everything we did was for the sake of our promise. We didn't want anyone to suffer as we did and yet we ended up in a place where everyone suffers without exception. I alone carry that promise and it's nearly unbearable.