Emotional

"You're overreacting. The girl's not even dead yet." Halma said in an arrogant tone, initially planning to continue her argument with Venedette after her sudden emotional breakdown.

But instead, she was found speechless by the sudden invasion of Venedette's images as a child in her mind over the years, crying over and over again.

But it was not the main reason why she halted her part in the argument, seeing Venedette cry used to make her veins pop out of anger. Somehow, she always knew how to find her during these times. 

Halma would catch her in a far corner of the castle, or in the darkness, mostly. But instead of comfort, she would always scold her on how worthless crying over everything was. Indefinitely, her words left a deep wrong impression on Venedette.

Halma assumed the real message of her words came across smoothly. Yet, it never occurred to her how that kind of practice would only lead to them faking their emotions.